John Parry heads 2015 Pro Bowl crew

John Parry will lead this year’s officiating crew at the Pro Bowl in Glendale, Ariz., the second time it has been played on the mainland, since it moved to Hawaii in 1980. The other continental-based Pro Bowl in that time was 2010 in Miami.

			Yrs	2014 crew	College	Occupation
R	132	John Parry	15		Purdue	financial advisor
U	102	Bruce Stritesky	9	Steratore	Embry Riddle	airline pilot
HL	24	Tom Stabile	20	Boger	Slippery Rock	secondary educational administrator
LJ	35	John Hussey	13	Hochuli	Idaho State	sales representative, retail logistics group
FJ	86	Jimmy Buchanan	6	Leavy	South Carolina State	insurance agent
SJ	125	Laird Hayes	20	Cheffers	Princeton	owner of football camps for high school and youth
BJ	38	Greg Yette	5	Torbert	Howard	defense contractor
ALT	47	Tim Podraza	7	Wrolstad	Nebraska	corporate real estate

Dean Blandino is the game supervisor, and he has responsibility for monitoring formations and blitzing that have special prohibitions for the exhibition contest. He will contact the referee if there are any persistent or egregious violations.

This is the first time that a replay official has been assigned to the Pro Bowl, as the replay rules have not been in effect for the all-star game. ESPN business reporter Darren Rovell says in a brand-name-dropping article that the league is testing the use of tablet computers in a game situation, compared to the bulky system now in place. Dale Hamer is the replay official, and Tom Chase is the replay assistant, who were assigned to Brad Allen’s crew this year.