Mitchell Ervin

Mitchell Ervin has officiated 557 regular-season games and 24 playoff games in 10 seasons as an NBA staff official. He made his debut as a playoff official in the 2021-22 season.

Ervin considers his most memorable NBA assignment to be his first game as a full-time NBA official in his hometown of New Orleans, when the Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry scored 53 points against the New Orleans Pelicans on Oct. 31, 2015. He also worked the Rising Stars competition at NBA All-Star 2019 in Charlotte, N.C.

Before joining the NBA, Ervin officiated in the NBA G League for four years, working the Playoffs and Finals in 2014 and 2015 and the All-Star Game in 2014.

His résumé includes eight years of collegiate officiating experience, with assignments in the Big 12, Conference USA, Sun Belt and other conferences. He refereed six years at the high school level in New Orleans and Houston.

Ervin previously worked for the sports agency SportsWest Football, the New Orleans Saints, the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation and as a middle school physical education teacher and coach. He and his wife founded a non-profit organization, The Ervin Element, to help mentor adolescents and catalyze anti-bullying initiatives.

Ervin graduated with a dual bachelor’s degree in Sport Management and Exercise Physiology from the University of New Orleans, where he was a walk-on member of the 1997-98 basketball team and a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. As a high schooler at Eleanor McMain in New Orleans, Ervin was an All-District point guard who led his team to the 1997 state quarterfinals and earned All-State Academic Honorable Mention honors.