Zach Zarba

Zach Zarba
Born
Zachary Zarba

(1975-04-29) April 29, 1975 (age 48)
EducationState University of New York at New Paltz
OccupationNBA referee

Zachary Zarba (born April 28, 1975) is an American professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association. His first season was in 2004. He wore uniform number 58 until the 2012–2013 season, when he changed to 28. Zach currently wears uniform number 15. Zach has officiated 1,182 regular-season games in 19 seasons as an NBA staff official. He has also refereed 133 playoff games, including 11 NBA Finals games. Other assignments have included the 2016 NBA All-Star Game in Toronto.

Background

Zarba was born in Brooklyn, New York and attended the public schools there, graduating from Midwood High School.[citation needed] Prior to joining the NBA, Zarba officiated in the NBA Development League for two years, where he was part of the crew that officiated the 2003 D-League Finals. He also spent one year officiating in the CBA and two years officiating in the IBL.

Zarba has three years of collegiate officiating experience in the ACC, SEC, Colonial, ASUN, OVC and NEC Conferences. In addition, he has three years of high school officiating experience in New York.

While at New Paltz, Zarba was a member of the basketball team and was named captain his senior season. He graduated with a degree in Political Science. He currently does public and community service work for EBC High School in Bushwick, Brooklyn. He has two kids with his wife, Christiane.


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