Doug Shows Referee is the professional platform of Doug Shows, an NCAA men’s basketball official with a career spanning more than three decades. A Division I referee since 1993 and an NCAA Men’s Tournament official since 1998, Shows has worked games across conferences including the SEC, ACC, Big East, American Athletic, Atlantic 10, Mountain West, Pac-12, Southern, Sun Belt, and SWAC. The website offers an informative look at his career and the wider world of sports officiating, with career highlights, a gallery, blog articles, and resources covering referee life, sports industry developments, and professional growth.

The site also shares perspectives on community service and charitable giving, reflecting Shows’s involvement with the SEC Men’s Basketball Referees Association and support for organizations including the Wounded Warrior Project and the Mike Slive Foundation. Topics extend to business development, entrepreneurship, investments, and insurance. Shows’s professional background includes advising individuals on retirement planning and business matters; financial and securities services are offered through Dempsey Lord Smith, LLC, subject to the firm’s disclosures and investment risks.