Also called: Director of Officiating
Hires, trains, schedules, and evaluates referees for a conference or league.
They review game film to grade every call, run training camps, assign crews to games, and answer to coaches angry about calls. Most are former top officials.
Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 15 years after high school. Usually a former high-level official; bachelor's degree common.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Sports Management, Physical Education.
Growing about average. Few positions.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Video and AI tools grade calls automatically; hiring, training and backing referees stay human.
Classes: Physical education, Speech, Psychology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-9199.
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