{"id":59446,"date":"2014-05-22T15:20:32","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T19:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/59446///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/59446//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/59446//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/59446//?p=59446"},"modified":"2014-05-22T17:27:33","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T21:27:33","slug":"referee-u-meet-two-nba-officials-learned-trade-ucf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/59446///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/59446//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/59446//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/59446//referee-u-meet-two-nba-officials-learned-trade-ucf/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/59446//","title":{"rendered":"Referee U: Meet Two NBA Officials Who Learned Their Trade at UCF"},"content":{"rendered":"

UCF alumni Brent Barnaky and Steve Anderson, two of the National Basketball Association/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/59446/u2019s 62 referees, credit a course offered through UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/59446/u2019s intramural sports program for giving them a solid foundation in officiating. They remain involved with the program, helping to teach aspiring referees./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/59446/n

Barnaky, who finished his third season in the NBA, has mentored Anderson, a rookie. They have refereed NBA Development League and college basketball games together./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/59446/n

Barnaky, of Clearwater, holds a bachelor/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/59446/u2019s degree in business administration from UCF, as well as a Juris Doctor degree from Nova Southeastern 海角直播. He takes on a variety of pro-bono legal cases during the offseason./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/59446/n

Anderson, of Orlando, earned a bachelor/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/59446/u2019s degree in education and a master/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/59446/u2019s degree in higher education from UCF./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/59446/n

When did you know you wanted to become a referee? /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/59446/n

Barnaky: The first time I thought about officiating was when I took the UCF officiating course in the late 1990s.  Once I realized my high school and college basketball playing days were behind me, I thought I would get into coaching. However, once I took to the basketball floor as an official, I immediately fell in love with the fact that I was still competing, just from a different perspective./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/59446/n

Anderson: I knew during the summer of 2001, when I went to my first basketball officiating camp in Lakeland. I was going to fill in for some games that they needed referees for, and the next thing you know I was signed up for the camp. Other officials and evaluators at the camp were telling me how good I was at such a young age and mentioned how successful I could potentially be if I stuck with it./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/59446/n