Danielle Scott

Danielle Scott is in her second season as an NBA staff official. In 2021-22, Scott officiated 33 regular-season games in her first season on staff. She also refereed 26 regular-season games as a non-staff official during the 2020-21 season.

Her officiating experience includes four seasons in the NBA G League. She refereed the 2020 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game in Chicago. 

Scott has eight years of collegiate officiating experience, with stints in the Mid-Eastern Athletic, PacWest and Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic conferences. She also officiated eight years of high school basketball in her native Southern California. 

Her first officiating experience was refereeing games with her mom in a men’s recreational league.

Scott graduated from Cal State Northridge in 2013, earning a bachelor’s degree in Business Management with a minor in Finance.