While serving as a police officer, Delaney was also a high school basketball referee in New Jersey from 1972 to 1982 and later officiated in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for four years before being selected by scouts to officiate in the NBA, beginning in 1987.
In the early 1980s, Delaney retired as a law enforcement officer and devoted full-time to becoming a basketball referee. In 2008, he wrote about his undercover experience in Covert: My Years Infiltrating the Mob, with co-author Dave Scheiber. He completed a Master of Arts degree in leadership from Saint Mary's College of California.
In August 2018, Delaney was given the newly created position of Special Advisor for Officiating Development and Performance by the Southeastern Conference. He will serve as a consultant to the officiating coordinators in each of the college conference's sports, as well as assist the men's and women's coordinators of basketball officials with training, development, and evaluation.[3]
On January 22, 2020, Delaney received the Theodore Roosevelt Award, the highest honor accorded by the NCAA.[4]
ReferencesEdit
^"New Jersey City University – Hall of Fame". Njcugothicknights.com. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
^"New Jersey City University – Four To Be Inducted In Njcu Athletics Hall Of Fame". Njcugothicknights.com. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
^"Bob Delaney named Special Advisor". Southeastern Conference. August 4, 2018. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
^de Haan, Gina (December 17, 2019). "2020 Theodore Roosevelt Award: Bob Delaney". NCAA.org. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
External linksEdit
Bob Delaney National Basketball Referees Association
National Basketball Referees Association (July 7, 2006).
October 21, 2023
delaney, basketball, robert, delaney, born, november, 1951, former, undercover, jersey, state, trooper, professional, basketball, referee, national, basketball, association, officiated, from, 1987, season, until, 2010, season, beginning, 2006, season, delaney,. Robert J Delaney born November 1 1951 is a former undercover New Jersey state trooper and professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association NBA who officiated from the 1987 88 NBA season up until the 2010 11 NBA season Beginning the 2006 07 NBA season Delaney had officiated in 1 182 regular season games 120 playoff games and seven NBA Finals games In addition he was assigned to the 1998 NBA All Star Game He wore the uniform number 26 Bob DelaneyBorn 1951 11 01 November 1 1951 age 71 Paterson New Jersey U S EducationSaint Mary s College of California Master of Arts 2010 New Jersey City University Bachelor s degree 1973 Occupation s NBA refereeRetired New Jersey State Police state trooperDelaney is a 1985 graduate of New Jersey City University with a Bachelor of Science degree in criminology He is a 2006 inductee 1 into NJCU s Athletics Hall of Fame 2 After finishing college Delaney joined the New Jersey State Police During the mid 1970s Delaney worked as an undercover officer as part of an operation known as Project Alpha While serving as a police officer Delaney was also a high school basketball referee in New Jersey from 1972 to 1982 and later officiated in the Continental Basketball Association CBA for four years before being selected by scouts to officiate in the NBA beginning in 1987 In the early 1980s Delaney retired as a law enforcement officer and devoted full time to becoming a basketball referee In 2008 he wrote about his undercover experience in Covert My Years Infiltrating the Mob with co author Dave Scheiber He completed a Master of Arts degree in leadership from Saint Mary s College of California In August 2018 Delaney was given the newly created position of Special Advisor for Officiating Development and Performance by the Southeastern Conference He will serve as a consultant to the officiating coordinators in each of the college conference s sports as well as assist the men s and women s coordinators of basketball officials with training development and evaluation 3 On January 22 2020 Delaney received the Theodore Roosevelt Award the highest honor accorded by the NCAA 4 References Edit New Jersey City University Hall of Fame Njcugothicknights com Retrieved October 10 2011 New Jersey City University Four To Be Inducted In Njcu Athletics Hall Of Fame Njcugothicknights com Retrieved October 10 2011 Bob Delaney named Special Advisor Southeastern Conference August 4 2018 Retrieved September 26 2018 de Haan Gina December 17 2019 2020 Theodore Roosevelt Award Bob Delaney NCAA org Retrieved January 23 2020 External links EditBob Delaney National Basketball Referees Association Never Be Average Bob Delaney National Basketball Referees Association July 7 2006 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bob Delaney basketball amp oldid 1096075347, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
