Dee Kantner

Dee Kantner (born May 3, 1960) is a women's basketball referee for the National Collegiate Athletic Association since 1984. Kantner started with the Southern Conference before appearing in the Atlantic Coast Conference and Southeastern Conference throughout the 1990s. With the NCAA, Kantner has refereed for various Final Four and championship games since 1992.

Outside of the NCAA, Kantner was one of the first women referees in the National Basketball Association when she started in 1997. She remained with the NBA as a referee until 2002. Kantner has also held the positions of Director of Referee Development and Supervisor of Officials for the Women's National Basketball Association during the 2000s. At individual events, Kantner was a referee at the National Sports Festival in 1991 and the 2000 Summer Olympics. Kantner was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 2019.