Welcome to the IGHSAU Officials site!

The Iowa Center for Officials Services (ICOS) will continue to use Dragonfly to offer all necessary services to officials for both the IGHSAU and the IHSAA:

• registration for all girls' and boys' sports

• rules exams

• educational materials

• assignments for postseason

• assessments

• communication and scheduling

• payments

Become an Official

1. Complete the DragonFly registration process, including paying the fee for the sport you wish to officiate

2. Take the Iowa Rules Meeting for each sport you wish to officiate

3. Pass the sport-specific exam with score of 75% or better

4. How to get contests:

   1. Contact the sport-specific officials coordinator to get connected with an assigner in your area.

      1. Volleyball: Deb Richarz, [email protected]

      2. Basketball: Chuck Brittain, [email protected]

      3. Wrestling: Bruce Ennen, [email protected]

      4. Soccer: Hido Tica, [email protected]

      5. Softball: Cathy Creighton, [email protected]

All Iowa Rules Meetings and Exams are found through your DragonFly profile under "Today" and then "Complete your registration".

Receiving Books and Badges

• All first-year officials in each sport will receive a rule book after paying their fee

• All other officials will receive new books on a two year rotation

• Online versions of rule books and case books can be accessed through the NFHS Digital app. If you are a new official, please email Elise Boulton at [email protected] to gain access to the online version of a rule book or case book.

• Registering early ensures that you will receive all correspondence timely and your rulebook prior to the rules meeting and exam being released. 

• Badges can be purchased for $5 each by emailing Kiersten at [email protected] or by going to the IGHSAU Offices (5000 Westown Parkway, Suite 150, West Des Moines, IA 50266) 

Blocking Dates for the Postseason

When preparing for postseason officiating, please be sure to block any dates you are not available to officiate. The directions to do so are below. When blocking dates, please block any dates you are not available for various reasons such as work, family outings, vacations, and special occasions.

• Login to DragonFly and go to My Assignments

• Create a block

• Scroll down and choose the dates and times that you are not available to block

• Choose a group ( IHSAA- IGHSAU Center for Official Services)

• Choose the sport you are blocking dates for

• Scroll down to type the dates and times you are not available

• If the block changes, please manually change it as listed above. 

RefReps

The IGHSAU and IHSAA have partnered with RefReps to provide training and education to high school students learning how to become officials. In Iowa, students may be able to recieve physical education credits for taking RefReps courses at their schools.

RefReps provides officaiting education cirriculum to over 1,350 schools and organizations across the country and they have trained over 50,000 new officials since 2022.

Is your school interested in implementing RefReps? Click on the link below to learn more about insturctor guides, support materials, trainings, assessments, demonstrations and video examples. Courses are available in 16 different sports, including nine sanctioned Iowa high school sports listed below.

• Baseball

• Basketball

• Football

• Soccer

• Softball

• Swimming & Diving

• Track & Field

• Volleyball

• Wrestling

For more information on the RefReps program, please visit refreps.com to learn more!