About me blog

My name is Bill and I am a senior in College. I have been officiating football now for 6 years. In those six years, I have officiated pee-wee, JV high school, varsity high school, JV College, and varsity college football. Beyond my personal experience of officiating, my dad has also been an official for much longer than I have been alive. As a kid growing up, I would always watch my dad's football games on TV and talk to him after the game. My dad has taught me more things about officiating than I may have learned in a whole career of officiating football. However, many new officials do not have the experience of growing up around officiating. 

Being a current football official who started very young, I understand first-hand what it can be like to start something new that you have never done before. Especially as an official where you have many eyes constantly watching and waiting for you to make a mistake. I have seen many young officials get scared off from pursuing officiating because parents or coaches yell at them constantly and they don’t want to deal with it. I have seen young officials who have no idea what they are supposed to be doing and are scared to ask because the average age of officials might be quite older than a young official. I have been that official that has been yelled at and thought, is this really for me, and the official that sits in meetings and is lost because everyone else knows everyone else and is talking in almost their own language. However, we desperately need younger officials. In many areas, officiating in all sports is deeply lacking a younger generation to help fill vacancies being left open by an aging officiating class. This is leading to schools becoming desperate to find any official to work for them. 

With that said that there are many openings for officials of all ages to get involved and help out their local communities, I want to use my experience, and help you learn the skills necessary to be prepared to take the field! 

If you would like to contact me, please visit my contact page, or contact me here: Bill