Congratulations to Dan Harrington, an ANEFO football official, who was hired to officiate full-time in the Division I – AAC (American Athletic Conference)!  Dan played four years of football at Somerville High School, Massachusetts and was captain of his baseball team at Saint Anselm College. Dan began his football officiating career when he joined the …

The MIAA held a “Game Officials Summit for Background Checks” on April 29, 2015.  As sports leaders discuss how to conduct and track background checks of officials, there are some interesting challenges that have emerged.  For example, what policy will be fair to our state’s 8,000 game officials, protect everyone’s civil rights, keep track of …

Ned Doyle, MIAA Assistant Director, has announced information about official’s background check. This announcement can be found in the MIAA Game Officials Spring Newsletter 2015 (see newsletter below). The MIAA Board of Directors has approved a policy to conduct background checks for all game officials, beginning in the fall of 2015. The implementation of this …

Jack Joyce, former ANEFO President, will receive the “Stewart Award!”   The award is issued annually to a top high school football official.  Jack will receive this prestigious award at the Seventh Annual Super26 Dinner sponsored by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston and the Massachusetts High School Football Coaches Association at the Lantana in Randolph …

Are you interested in becoming a college football official? If so, the Boston Chapter of the Eastern Association Intercollegiate Football Officials (EAIFO), has trained and promoted the very best college football officials in the country. The Boston Chapter of the EAIFO provides officials for the following college football conferences: ACC, American, MAC, Ivy, Patriot, CAA, …

The 2014 ANEFO Annual Awards Banquet was held at the Irish-American Club in Malden, Massachusetts on Monday, November 24, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. This capstone season event is historically the Monday before the annual Thanksgiving Day football games.  Rick Cacciatore was the master of ceremonies, and he introduced the retirees and special guests.  The platters …

The following is an interesting article that appeared in “Sports Illustrated.” The men of Gene Steratore’s officiating team come from diverse walks and weekday jobs—teacher, stockbroker, housing director—but their common bond is a commitment to their craft, to each other and to getting the calls right on Sunday.  In November, The MMQB was granted unprecedented …

Congratulations to ANEFO member and NFL Head Linesman Jimmy Mello who had the honor of officiating  the Super Bowl February 2, 2014.

Below is MIAA concussion training link to Concussion training and certification. Concussion Training Course <– (Click Here) “Game officials shall complete one of the training programs approved by the Department as specified on the Department’s website annually and shall provide independent verification of completion of the training program to schools or school districts upon request.” The …

During the off-season, we decided it was well overdue that we step up our game! This new ANEFO website is the product of hard work by the ANEFO executive board and our new webmasters, Joe Engleson (designer and developer) and Tommy Brow. Special thanks to member Jim Pericotti who provided his time and effort for the …