Become an Official

MIAA Officiating - How to Get Started

To become a MIAA official, instruction of the sport rules and registering with an assignor is done through independent boards across the state.  The MIAA recognizes these boards to train and develop officials for both regular season and MIAA tournament competition. Each official’s board has a secretary, president, and/or recruitment representative for which contact information is posted below.  To begin your journey to become and MIAA official, please contact a board in the area you live and/or wish to officiate.  Membership with a recognized official’s board qualifies you to officiate MIAA Tournament Events as well as provides an opportunity to serve as an “Official’s Representative” on one of the MIAA Sport Committees.

The MIAA Game Officials Committee, which meets two to three times per year, supports efforts that also promote officiating. Through the annual registration process and the once every three-years background check, the MIAA maintains a list of all the registered game officials for all sports offered at MIAA member high schools. Beyond the annual registration, officials may have other requirements from their selected board such as annual training on the rules. 

In support of DPH regulations, and in the best interests of student athletes, all MIAA officials must annually complete a DPH approved concussion training program as a condition for an official accepting an MIAA tournament assignment. The acceptance of an MIAA Tournament contest assignment will be considered an implicit confirmation that the assigned official is member in good standing with a local board, registered with the MIAA, and has successfully completed a concussion training program as required by the DPH.

The National Federation of High Schools (NFHS) training module, “Concussions in Sports”, is one of the MDPH approved training programs and may accessed using the link above.