Curtis Blair

Curtis Blair has officiated 956 regular-season games and 47 playoff games in 17 seasons as an NBA staff official. In the 2018-19 season, he made his playoff debut as an NBA referee and worked the NBA All-Star Game in Charlotte, N.C.

Blair has six seasons of NBA G League experience and refereed the 2008 NBA G League Finals. He also officiated in several collegiate conferences, including the ACC, Atlantic 10 and Colonial Athletic Association.

The Virginia native graduated from the University of Richmond with a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice. Blair was the leading scorer on Richmond’s 1990-91 and 1991-92 basketball teams. In the first round of the 1991 NCAA Tournament, he had team highs of 18 points, six assists and three steals as Richmond upset Syracuse 73-68 to become the first No. 15 seed to defeat a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Blair was inducted into the Richmond Athletics Hall of Fame in 2008.

Blair was selected by the Houston Rockets in the second round of the 1992 NBA Draft. He played professionally in Australia, Austria and Turkey.