Andy Nagy

Andy Nagy (born July 16, 1991) is an American professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association (NBA), wearing number 83. As of the 2020-21 NBA season Nagy has officiated 53 regular-season games, including 13 regular-season games as a non-staff official during the 2019-20 NBA season. He is in his second season as an NBA referee.[1]

Andy Nagy
Born (1991-07-16) July 16, 1991
Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Nationality United States
EducationOwens Community College
OccupationNBA referee

Early life

Nagy was born on July 16, 1991, in Toledo, Ohio. He graduated from St. Francis de Sales High School in Toledo, Ohio.[1]

Officiating career

At 14-years-old Nagy unofficially began his officiating career when his father allowed him to referee a Catholic Youth Organization game during a Christmas tournament.[1] Two years later at the age of 16, Nagy began refereeing high school games and later worked the Ohio Regional Campus Conference.[1] Nagy has nine years of collegiate officiating experience, refereeing both Division I men's and women's basketball in the Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Horizon League and Mid-American conferences.[1]

Before Nagy joined the NBA officiating staff, he officiated six seasons in the NBA G League, where he worked the NBA G League playoffs in 2016, 2017 and 2018, and the NBA G League Finals in 2017 and 2018.[1] Nagy along with Simone Jelks and Suyash Mehta were promoted to the NBA officiating staff on December 23, 2020.[2] As of the 2020-21 NBA season Nagy has officiated 53 regular-season games, including 13 regular-season games as a non-staff official during the 2019-20 NBA season. He is in his second season as an NBA referee.[1]

Personal life

Nagy resides in Sylvania, Ohio, a suburb of Toledo. He graduated from Owens Community College in 2016.[1]

References
  1. "NBA Officials Media Guide 2021-22" (PDF). NBA. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  2. "NBA Promotes Three Referees To 2020-21 Officiating Staff". NBA Official. Retrieved February 4, 2022.


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