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NFL announces 2014 officials
This post has been updated to reflect changes in the 2014 officiating staff after the initial announcement.
The NFL has announced its 2014 roster of officials (full list below after the jump). Â The roster features 12 new hires. Â Earlier we reported that 11 officials were not going to return to the field for 2014. Field judge Mike Weir is not listed as returning this season, in addition to 11 other departures we previously noted, according to the roster released by the league.
Previously we were able to confirm six of the new hires.
The new hires are, with uniform number, position and college conference:
- Brad Allen, #122, referee, ACC
- Brad Freeman, #88, field judge, SEC
- Eugene Hall, #103, field judge, Big 12
- Shawn Hochuli, #83, side judge, Pac-12
- John Jenkins, #117, field judge, Pac-12
- Alex Kemp, #55, side judge, Big Ten
- Rich Martinez, #39, back judge, SEC
- Bryan Neale, #92, umpire, Big Ten
- Scott Novak, #1, side judge, Big 12
- Steve Patrick, #17, back judge, SEC
- Patrick Turner, #13, head linesman, Pac-12
- Ed Walker, #123, line judge, Pac-12
- Mark Pellis, #131, umpire, American Athletic
This is the first time since the 1970 NFL-AFL merger that numbers 1 and 13 have been issued. Â Congratulations to all the new hires!
In addition to the new hires, 21 officials from the college ranks will take part in the second NFL advanced training program this preseason.
As we reported earlier, Ronald Torbert and Craig Wrolstad are new referees, replacing the retired Scott Green and Ronald Winter. Â Adrian Hill moves to field judge from line judge for 2014. Â Jim Howey moves to field judge from head linesman and Julian Mapp moves to head linesman from line judge.
There is an interesting position assignment for new hire Brad Allen. Â He has referee experience in college and worked deep in the secondary last preseason in the NFL’s advanced training program, yet for 2014, the NFL hired him as an umpire. Â We have a story on that coming soon.
The NFL has not released the crew assignments for 2014.
Update 7/15/14: Updated post to reflect the following:
- Updated veteran position changes that occurred, as a source cleared up the initial inconsistency.
- Mike Carey resigned as referee.
- Brad Allen was moved from umpire to referee.
- Mark Pellis was added as an umpire from the development staff.
- Occupations were added for first-year officials.
Sources: NFL, Record & Fact Book.
| Yrs | College | Occupation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 122 | Brad Allen | 1 | Pembroke State | non-profit CEO |
| FJ | 20 | Barry Anderson | 8 | North Carolina State | builder/developer |
| R | 66 | Walt Anderson | 19 | Texas | college officiating coordinator, retired dentist |
| LJ | 108 | Gary Arthur | 18 | Wright State | president, commercial printing company |
| SJ | 72 | Michael Banks | 13 | Illinois State | carpenter foreman |
| SJ | 56 | Allen Baynes | 7 | Auburn | realtor |
| LJ | 59 | Rusty Baynes | 5 | Auburn-Montgomery | general manager, safety services |
| LJ | 32 | Jeff Bergman | 23 | Robert Morris | president and chief executive officer, medical services |
| HL | 91 | Jerry Bergman | 13 | Robert Morris | sales executive |
| R | 34 | Clete Blakeman | 7 | Nebraska | attorney |
| R | 23 | Jerome Boger | 11 | Morehouse College | retired commercial insurance underwriter |
| LJ | 18 | Byron Boston | 20 | Austin | tax consultant |
| HL | 74 | Derick Bowers | 12 | East Central | sales representative |
| HL | 98 | Greg Bradley | 6 | Tennessee | chemical engineer |
| U | 31 | Chad Brown | 23 | East Texas State | retired executive manager of facilities/student affairs administration |
| FJ | 43 | Terry Brown | 9 | Tennessee | probation supervisor |
| U | 11 | Fred Bryan | 6 | Northern Iowa | superintendent, juvenile correctional facility |
| FJ | 86 | Jimmy Buchanan | 6 | South Carolina State | insurance agent |
| HL | 134 | Ed Camp | 14 | William Paterson | physical education teacher |
| FJ | 60 | Gary Cavaletto | 12 | Hancock | general manager, agricultural operations |
| FJ | 41 | Boris Cheek | 19 | Morgan State | director of operations and management |
| R | 51 | Carl Cheffers | 15 | California-Irvine | sales manager |
| SJ | 95 | James Coleman | 10 | Arkansas | electrical engineer |
| R | 65 | Walt Coleman | 26 | Arkansas | manager dairy processor |
| R | 99 | Tony Corrente | 20 | Cal State-Fullerton | college officiating coordinator |
| SJ | 58 | Jimmy DeBell | 6 | SUNY-Brockport | physical education teacher and golf coach |
| BJ | 6 | Kirk Dornan | 21 | Central Washington | purchasing manager |
| BJ | 27 | Lee Dyer | 12 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | sales manager |
| FJ | 3 | Scott Edwards | 16 | Alabama | environmental engineer |
| U | 81 | Roy Ellison | 12 | Savannah State | technical staff member |
| BJ | 61 | Keith Ferguson | 15 | San Jose State | sales |
| U | 64 | Dan Ferrell | 12 | Cal State-Fullerton | director, parts logistics and supply chain management |
| U | 71 | Ruben Fowler | 9 | Huston-Tillotson | retired firefighter |
| FJ | 88 | Brad Freeman | 1 | Mississippi State | sports park director |
| BJ | 133 | Steve Freeman | 14 | Mississippi State | custom home builder |
| FJ | 80 | Greg Gautreaux | 13 | SW Louisiana | athletic programs manager |
| FJ | 103 | Eugene Hall | 1 | North Texas | federal agent |
| U | 49 | Rich Hall | 11 | Arizona | custom cabinetry |
| U | 40 | Butch Hannah | 16 | Middle Tennessee State | retired federal probation officer |
| SJ | 125 | Laird Hayes | 20 | Princeton | owner of football camps for high school and youth |
| HL | 54 | George Hayward | 24 | Missouri Western | vice-president and manager, warehouse company |
| BJ | 93 | Scott Helverson | 12 | Iowa | sales, printing and promotions |
| FJ | 29 | Adrian Hill | 5 | Buffalo | software engineer |
| SJ | 97 | Tom Hill | 16 | Carson Newman | teacher |
| HL | 28 | Mark Hittner | 18 | Pittsburg State | investment broker |
| R | 85 | Ed Hochuli | 25 | Texas-El Paso | attorney |
| SJ | 83 | Shawn Hochuli | 1 | Claremont | |
| FJ | 82 | Buddy Horton | 16 | Oregon State | water service worker |
| HL | 37 | Jim Howey | 16 | Erskine College | director of adult education |
| LJ | 35 | John Hussey | 13 | Idaho State | sales representative, retail logistics group |
| U | 76 | Darrell Jenkins | 13 | San Jose State | retired |
| FJ | 117 | John Jenkins | 1 | St. Mary’s | |
| LJ | 101 | Carl Johnson | 11 | Nicholls State | full-time official |
| SJ | 55 | Alex Kemp | 1 | Central Michigan | |
| U | 121 | Paul King | 6 | Nicholls State | school teacher |
| FJ | 21 | Jeff Lamberth | 13 | Texas A&M | attorney |
| SJ | 73 | Joe Larrew | 13 | St Louis | attorney |
| R | 127 | Bill Leavy | 20 | San Jose State | retired firefighter |
| LJ | 130 | Darryll Lewis | 16 | Dartmouth | associate professor |
| FJ | 89 | Jon Lucivansky | 6 | Minnesota | college educator |
| HL | 106 | Wayne Mackie | 8 | Colgate | director of operations, housing |
| LJ | 10 | Julian Mapp | 6 | Grambling State | software QA tester |
| LJ | 107 | Ron Marinucci | 18 | Glassboro State | vice president, novelty cone company |
| BJ | 39 | Rich Martinez | 1 | Canisius | |
| R | 77 | Terry McAulay | 17 | Louisiana State | college officiating coordinator |
| HL | 5 | John McGrath | 13 | Kentucky | vice president of sales |
| HL | 8 | Dana McKenzie | 7 | Toledo | claims adjuster |
| HL | 110 | Phil McKinnely | 13 | UCLA | inventory control |
| HL | 48 | Jim Mello | 11 | Northeastern | facilities manager |
| FJ | 118 | David Meslow | 4 | Augsburg College | marketing manager |
| SJ | 78 | Greg Meyer | 13 | Texas Christian | banker |
| U | 115 | Tony Michalek | 13 | Indiana | commercial fitness equipment |
| BJ | 111 | Terrence Miles | 7 | Arizona State | quality control manager |
| R | 135 | Pete Morelli | 18 | St Mary’s | high school principal |
| U | 92 | Bryan Neale | 1 | Indiana | sales consultant |
| SJ | 1 | Scott Novak | 1 | Phoenix | sales manager |
| U | 124 | Carl Paganelli | 15 | Michigan State | retired federal probation officer |
| BJ | 105 | Dino Paganelli | 9 | Aquinas College | educator |
| BJ | 46 | Perry Paganelli | 17 | Hope College | retired high school administrator |
| R | 132 | John Parry | 15 | Purdue | financial advisor |
| BJ | 17 | Steve Patrick | 1 | Jacksonville State | owner, supply company |
| SJ | 15 | Rick Patterson | 19 | Wofford | banker |
| HL | 79 | Kent Payne | 11 | Nebraska Wesleyan | teacher |
| U | 131 | Mark Pellis | 1 | Allegheny | financial advisor |
| LJ | 9 | Mark Perlman | 14 | Salem | teacher |
| LJ | 47 | Tim Podraza | 7 | Nebraska | corporate real estate |
| FJ | 109 | Dyrol Prioleau | 8 | Johnson C Smith | manager, law firm |
| BJ | 30 | Todd Prukop | 6 | Cal State-Fullerton | medical sales representative |
| BJ | 63 | Jim Quirk | 5 | Middlebury | financial advisor |
| U | 44 | Jeff Rice | 20 | Northwestern | attorney |
| SJ | 67 | Doug Rosenbaum | 14 | Illinois Wesleyan | financial consultant |
| U | 129 | Bill Schuster | 15 | Alfred | insurance broker |
| LJ | 45 | Jeff Seeman | 13 | Minnesota | brokerage sales |
| BJ | 104 | Dale Shaw | 2 | Allegheny | pharmaceutical sales |
| LJ | 90 | Mike Spanier | 16 | St Cloud State | middle school principal |
| HL | 24 | Tom Stabile | 20 | Slippery Rock | secondary educational administrator |
| BJ | 12 | Greg Steed | 12 | Howard | computer systems analyst |
| LJ | 84 | Mark Steinkerchner | 21 | Akron | vice-president |
| HL | 22 | Steve Stelljes | 13 | Friends | business planning manager |
| LJ | 68 | Tom Stephan | 16 | Pittsburg State | business broker |
| R | 114 | Gene Steratore | 12 | Kent State | co-owner, supply company |
| BJ | 112 | Tony Steratore | 15 | California (Pa.) | co-owner, supply company |
| U | 102 | Bruce Stritesky | 9 | Embry Riddle | airline pilot |
| LJ | 100 | Tom Symonette | 11 | Florida | certified public accountant |
| R | 62 | Ronald Torbert | 5 | Michigan State | attorney |
| R | 42 | Jeff Triplette | 19 | Wake Forest | restructuring consultant |
| HL | 13 | Patrick Turner | 1 | Cal State-Long Beach | plant manager |
| SJ | 75 | Rob Vernatchi | 11 | California-Riverside | enforcement investigator |
| HL | 36 | Tony Veteri | 23 | Manhattan College | physical education teacher |
| R | 52 | Bill Vinovich | 10 | San Diego | accountant, former NFL officiating supervisor |
| FJ | 25 | Bob Waggoner | 18 | Juniata College | retired probation officer |
| LJ | 123 | Ed Walker | 1 | San Jose State | real estate management |
| U | 96 | Undrey Wash | 15 | Texas-Arlington | claims controller |
| SJ | 7 | Keith Washington | 7 | Virginia Military Institute | program financial analyst |
| SJ | 116 | Mike Weatherford | 13 | Oklahoma State | energy trader |
| BJ | 119 | Greg Wilson | 7 | USC | law enforcement |
| R | 4 | Craig Wrolstad | 12 | Washington | athletic director |
| BJ | 38 | Greg Yette | 5 | Howard | defense contractor |
| FJ | 33 | Steve Zimmer | 18 | Hofstra | attorney |
