Richard Stokes is currently Senior Director of Officiating for Euroleague Basketball.
 
He began is officiating career at 18 becoming a local league referee and entered the English National League at 20.

• In 1993 aged 25 he qualified as a FIBA referee at the candidate in Bratislava, Slovakia
• In 2000 he began officiating with Euroleague basketball officiating the opening game of the new competition and also the final game, Game 5 in the Finals
• In 2003 he was nominated to the EuroBasket in Sweden
• In 2005 he began work for FIBA Europe in the Competitions and Referee department, becoming Head of that Department in 2011
• In 2015 he moved to Euroleague Basketball becoming Director of Officiating later that summer.