Become a Basketball Official

Referee basketball with NCOA South!

The Sac Joaquin section's premier training organization for high school basketball officiating

2025-2026 Season Training

Meeting schedule for the 2025-2026 season is here

Brand new and returning officials should attend our pre-season meetings. Get your hours for certification and start officiating for the NCOA South!

*We offer 2 dates per meeting to make sure you can attend, or you can attend both.

Meeting Schedule:

Sept 2, 2025 - Rules review - Video breakdown - 7:00pm - 9:00pm - Zoom
Sept 28 / Sept 29, 2025 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm - Zoom
Oct 26 / Oct 27, 2025 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm - Zoom
Nov 3, 2025 - 6:30pm - 9:00pm - In Person
- Nomination campaign
- Ceres High School Cefeteria
- 2320 Central Ave, Ceres, CA 95307
Nov 30 / Dec 1, 2025 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm - Zoom
- Election Night
Jan 4 / Jan 5, 2025 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm - Zoom

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Getting started in officiating is easy

Register at ncoasouth.com. Training and meeting resources - register here.
Register with ArbiterSports - Create an account or login, Choose basketball, and choose NCOA South as your training organization - ArbiterSports Registration.
Complete your training with us. We make it easy to get quality training.

2025-2026 Rule Changes, Official Test, Test Prep Study Groups, Scrimmages, New Referee Training and more, will be available in the training area

Next Zoom Meeting: (9/28 and 9/29)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81608834843?pwd=aHaASd3fazomhUgLV4ldu6ApY5ckqL.1

View 2024-25 meeting schedule

Why become a basketball official? Excitement.

Basketball officiating is a great way to stay active and close to the game you love. For most basketball officials, officiating is a year-round avocation that gives opportunity for personal growth and development, as well as the ability to make some extra money.

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Recruit, train, and retain. Our mission.

The NCOA South basketball officials association actively recruits and trains basketball officials for high school level contests in the greater CIF Sac-Juaquin section. Serviced areas include Modesto, Stockton, Tracy and the foothills. Our job is to train and certify officials through online and in-person trainings and to promote officiating growth and improvement in its members.

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Pre-season meetings. Prepared for anything.

If you want to referee during the upcoming high school basketball season, you will want to attend our fall meetings. New referees are welcome to join us at the meetings.

Schedule