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.
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