- Bill Vinovich
Bill Vinovich is an
American football official in theNational Football League (NFL) since2002 and is acollege basketball official. Vinovich began his career in the NFL as a side judge on the officiating crew headed by refereeEd Hochuli before being promoted to referee for the start of the2004 NFL season after former refereeRon Blum returned to his original position of line judge. Outside of officiating, Vinovich works as aCPA . In the NFL, he wears uniform number 52.Since joining the NFL, Vinovich has officiated in one divisional (2003) and one wild card playoff game (2006) as of the
2006 NFL season .Vinovich's
2006 NFL officiating crew consists of Tony Michalek, Derick Bowers, John Hussey, Gary Cavaletto,Laird Hayes , and Keith Ferguson.As a college basketball official, Vinovich officiated a first round contest between Virginia Tech and Illinois in the
2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament onMarch 16 ,2007 . [http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/scoreboard?confId=100&date=20070317]Due to an undisclosed health condition, Bill Vinovich will not be an on-field official in 2007. Instead he will be serving as the Replay Official for Ed Hochuli. He will be replaced as a Referee by former Side Judge John Parry.
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