Assignments
Tony Corrente and Walt Anderson are referees in Conference Championships
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Football Zebras has confirmed that Tony Corrente and Walt Anderson will be the referees for the conference championship games. Corrente will have the NFC game between the Packers and Seahawks; Anderson will be heading the crew for the AFC title match between the Colts and the Patriots.
NFC Championship Game: Packers at Seahawks, 3 p.m. ET (Fox)
This will be Corrente’s second consecutive season working the Conference Championship, after last year’s Broncos-Patriots game. This will be his 14th postseason assignment and his fifth Conference Championship. He also worked 5 Wild Card Playoffs, 3 Divisional Playoffs, and Super Bowl XLI. Notably, Corrente resigned his position as supervisor of officiating in the Pac-12 Conference in the middle of the past season.
| Yrs | 2014 crew | College | Occupation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 99 | Tony Corrente | 20 | Cal State-Fullerton | college officiating coordinator | |
| U | 64 | Dan Ferrell | 12 | Corrente | Cal State-Fullerton | director, parts logistics and supply chain management |
| HL | 79 | Kent Payne | 11 | Cheffers | Nebraska Wesleyan | teacher |
| LJ | 101 | Carl Johnson | 11 | Morelli | Nicholls State | full-time official |
| FJ | 89 | Jon Lucivansky | 6 | Parry | Minnesota | college educator |
| SJ | 75 | Rob Vernatchi | 11 | Morelli | California-Riverside | enforcement investigator |
| BJ | 105 | Dino Paganelli | 9 | Steratore | Aquinas College | educator |
AFC Championship Game: Colts at Patriots, 6:40 p.m. ET (CBS)
Anderson will be working his 16th postseason assignment, which includes 8 Wild Card Playoffs, 2 Divisional Playoffs, 5 Conference Championships, and Super Bowls XXXV and XLV. Anderson is the coordinator of officials in the Big 12 Conference, and was a forerunner in implementing an eighth officiating position, the center judge.
| Yrs | 2014 crew | College | Occupation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 66 | Walt Anderson | 19 | Texas | college officiating coordinator, retired dentist | |
| U | 124 | Carl Paganelli | 15 | Torbert | Michigan State | retired federal probation officer |
| HL | 36 | Tony Veteri | 23 | Blakeman | Manhattan College | physical education teacher |
| LJ | 32 | Jeff Bergman | 23 | Triplette | Robert Morris | president and chief executive officer, medical services |
| FJ | 60 | Gary Cavaletto | 12 | Corrente | Hancock | general manager, agricultural operations |
| SJ | 78 | Greg Meyer | 13 | Anderson | Texas Christian | banker |
| BJ | 61 | Keith Ferguson | 15 | Leavy | San Jose State | sales |
