Site Features

Officials-Enter & Manage Schedules
Each official will enter their schedule into the system, which takes just a few minutes. Once the officials' schedules have been entered, all matches/games will be directly linked to each of the participating schools. Officials are able to manage their schedules for all of the sports which they are licensed in one easy location.

Officials-Manage Availability
Officials may select which dates they are available to work, and which ones they are not, from an simple checklist. By checking off the dates which they have other plans, or simply do not want to work, each official controls his/her own work schedule. This feature is invaluable in reducing search time for school adminstrators and conference commissioners when they are looking for officials to work.

Officials-Rankings Summary
Each official will be able to view all of the schools that ranked him/her throughout the year. The official will not see the actual ranking, only the school that performed the ranking. Officials will also see their average ranking, as well as the state average. Coaches have a few weeks after the season ends to finish their rankings, at which time, the averages will be posted. All rankings are archived in the RefRanking system indefinitely, for future reference by officials and coaches.

Officials-Select Preferred Schools
Officials may select schools that are close in proximity to their home or work, and that they would be willing to work for. When school and conference administrators search the site for available officials, the Preferred Officials will be highlighted bright yellow and are easily identified. This will significantly reduce the time it takes for adminstrators to find officials for open dates.

Officials-Select Level of Competition
Officials may select the level of competition that they are capable and would be willing to work. When school and conference administrators search the site for available officials, only the officials that have agreed to work those levels of competition will be shown. This will assist administrators in assigning officials that are capable of working at the appropriate level of competition (Varsity-State Level Competition, Varsity-Average Level of Competiton, Junior Varsity/Freshman, Middle School, Youth/Club).

Officials-Print Official's Card
Officials may print their own personal Official's Card, which is automatically generated for every official. The card contains their name, picture, license number and city. The Official's Card may be given to any coach an official works for. The Official's Card also contains instructions for the coach to help them log in and perform their rankings.

Officials-Print Tournament Crew Card
Officials may print a card that contains the entire crew of officials for any tournament or event where more than official is working. The card contains each official's name, picture, license number and city, and may be given to any coach at the tournament or game. The Official's Card also contains instructions for the coach to help them log in and perform their rankings.

Officials-View Other Available Officials
Officials may search for other available officials for any specific date on the calendar. Occasionally, officials need to find a substitute for an event, and this allows officials to easily identify an available replacement.

Officials-View All Officials
Officials who are looking for new partners to work with, or simply want to network with other officials, may search the entire database for any other official. Once an official is identified, they may view his/her schedule, picture and contact information.

Officials-View & Manage Contracts
Officials may view and manage all of the contracts they have received through the site in one easy location. Contracts sent through RefRanking are easily accepted via email or from the Official's Contract page.

Officials-Resources
Officials can browse various educational resources, which are provided by other officials and coaches to stimulate discussion and improve on-field decison-making. Discussions regarding rules interpretations, clinics and programs for developing new officials are all available.

Administrators-View Available & "Preferred" Officials
Athletic Directors and Conference Commisioners may search for available officials for any specific date on the calendar. Once an available official is identified, they may view his/her schedule, picture and contact information, as well as send contracts directly through the site. Officials who have identified those schools or conferences as "Preferred" will appear highlighted in the list of available officials for even easier identification.

Administrators-View All Officials
Athletic Directors and Conference Commisioners may search the entire database for any official. Once an official is identified, they may view his/her schedule, picture and contact information.

Administrators-Send & Receive Contracts
Athletic Directors and Conference Commisioners may send officials contract proposals directly through the site. A simple Propose Contract screen allows the administrator to enter all of the event details, and select an official(s). Once the event is proposed, the official(s) will be sent an email with the details. The official may accept or decline the event by clicking on a link within the email notice. If the event is accepted, then it is automatically added to the system, linked to all of the involved teams, and an email confirmation is sent to the AD/Conference Commissioner. If the event is declined, the sender will also receive an email notice, which states that the official has declined the proposed event.

Administrators-View & Manage Contracts
Athletic Directors and Conference Commisioners may view all contracts in one simple location. They may see which contracts have been accepted, declined or are pending. They also may print hard copies of any contract, if they wish. However, the need to send paper contracts is now completely unnecessary, saving our resources and all of the money spent on paper, envelopes and postage.

Administrators-View Other Administrators & Coaches in the Directory
Athletic Directors and Conference Commissioners may search for any other administrators or coaches in the directory and view their contact information.

Athletic Directors-Manage School Coach Contacts
Athletic Directors can maintain and manage contact information for all of their coaches.

Athletic Directors-Manage School Schedules
Athletic Directors can view all of their school's athletic events for each sport and who the officials are.

Conference Commissioners-Manage Conference Schools for Each Sport
Conference Commissioners have the ability to manage the schools for each of their sports. Some schools do not offer all sports. Each sport can be custom-designed at any time depending on conference re-alignments, school consolidations, or sports being dropped/added.


Conference Commissioners-Manage Conference Schedules
Conference Commissioners can view all of their conference's athletic events for each sport and who the officials are.

Coaches-Rank Officials
Each coach may log in and rank the officials that work their matches/games in a very efficient manner. Coaches may rank officials throughout the year, instead of having to wait until the season is over, and ranking can be completed in a manner of minutes. All rankings are anonymous and cannot be seen by the officials. The officials will only see a list of schools that have given them a ranking, their average and the state average. Each official will only receive one ranking per coach, regardless of the number of times the official sees any one school. There will be a lock-out date at the completion of the season, where all rankings will become final. A coach may change any of the rankings given to any official up until that date.

Coaches-Camps & Clinics
Coaches may view local and national camps available in their sports, as well as tournaments. All events & camps hosted by their school receive a free listing on either/both the Events & Camps pages.

Coaches-Ranking List
Once a coach completes their rankings, he/she may print out a composite list of every official that has been ranked, along with the ranking given. This may be kept for their records. All rankings are also kept in the RefRanking system indefinitely for reference by both coaches and officials.

Coaches-Waiting Period
All coaches have the ability to rank officials throughout the season, as they see them, but there is a mandatory three-day waiting period to do so. RefRanking will not allow you to rank an official until three days after the meet/game has been completed.

Coaches-Provide Feedback
A coach may give any official any ranking they feel the official deserves, but if a Master Level or Level 5 official is ranked below a 4, which is considered Regional Caliber, they must provide feedback as to why the official deserves that ranking. The feedback should be constructive and will be sent to the sport administrator for evaluation and follow-up. This is meant to help the official identify both strengths and weaknesses, and is not meant to be demeaning or degrading to the official.

Coaches-Select Top 10 Officials
A coach may select the Top 10 Officials in the state, in his/her opinion. This information will help to identify the top officials throughout the state when selections are made for the post-season tournaments.

Coaches-View Available Officials
Coaches may search for available officials for any specific date on the calendar. Once an available official is identified, they may view his/her schedule, picture and contact information, as well as send contracts directly through the site.

Coaches-View All Officials
Coaches may search the entire database for any official. Once an official is identified, they may view his/her schedule, picture and contact information.

Coaches-View Other Coaches in the Directory
Coaches may search for any other coaches in the directory and view their contact information.

Coaches-Resources
Coaches can browse various educational resources, which are provided by other coaches and officials to stimulate discussion regarding their sport. Commentary regarding rules interpretations, clinics and programs for developing new coaches and officials are all available.

Visitors-View Camps & Tournaments
Visitors to the site may view local and national camps available in their sports, as well as tournaments.

Visitors-View School & Conference Schedules
Visitors to the site may view any school or conference schedule. With a few clicks, you can see when and where your favorite team, or rival, is playing, and who the official is.