Ronnie Nunn, who played basketball at GW and was inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame in 1997, was demoted from the NBA’s director of officials to Director of Referee Development, according to an NBA press release. Nunn was an NBA referee for 19 seasons, offciating 1,134 regular season games and 73 playoff games, including four Finals games. Bernie Fryar will replace him.

According to the press release:

Nunn, who served as the NBA’s Director of Officials for the past five seasons, will be responsible for the teaching and development of the NBA’s less-experienced referees and the transition of referees from the D-League to the NBA.