Mark Freund of WHO Sports did a nice story recently about the retirement of Randy Morris of Waverly. I don’t know Randy, but he sure went out in style. https://who13.com/sports/iowa-umpire-leaves-shoes-on-field-after-final-game/amp/
“The DMOA is pleased to announce a formal mentorship program for interested veteran and new basketball and football officials. The program, ‘Each ONE, Bring ONE’, will match veteran officials with inexperienced officials and will include personalized 1:1 discussions on officiating topics, mentoring/encouragement and periodic observation/evaluation/feedback… Read More »Formal Officiating Mentorship Program
A presentation on this topic by Todd Tharp, IHSAA, will take place at the Des Moines Officials Association basketball clinic held at Urbandale High School on June 25. The camp is full, but we are offering “shadow” opportunities for those interested in hearing the presentation,… Read More »Shot Clock – Iowa Adaptations
Many of our members know Tom Higgins from Omaha – he’s spoken at our annual meeting in the past. He shared some important insights in this KXNO interview. https://kxno.iheart.com/content/2022-05-18-how-this-ncaa-ref-knows-we-are-doomed-as-a-society/
Hosted at Urbandale HS, this clinic is limited to 36 participants. Contact Larry Jacobus or Dave Rittman to get signed up.
The Des Moines Officials Association was formed to help identify, train, educate and develop sports officials in Central Iowa who desire to affiliate and socialize with like-minded officials working in the sports of football and basketball, in an effort to become more proficient, knowledgeable and… Read More »Mission and Purpose Statement
Welcome to the new DMOA site desmoinesofficials.com – we hope you notice some enhancements over our legacy site, DMOA.net. What’s new? An emphasis on attracting new officials and bringing former DMOA members back into our ranks. It’s no secret that our overall number of certified… Read More »Welcome Back!