Officiating crews for the 2022 USFL season

Spring football is on the agenda again in 2022 as the USFL makes its comeback — if in name only — on April 16. Football Zebras has obtained the officiating crews for the league’s reprise. The USFL uses the NFL’s 7-person mechanics and has 33 officials from Football Bowl Subdivision conferences on five crews.

Mike Pereira is the head of USFL officiating, a position he had in the NFL from 2001 to 2009. Ron Baynes, a wing official in the NFL from 1987 to 2000, is the officiating supervisor. Steve Strimling, a Pac-12 referee, is the officiating coordinator, a position he had with the Alliance of American Football and the XFL.

Most of the officials have been scouted by the NFL under its Officiating Development Program, but the league had no formal role in the USFL staffing process. The USFL officiating staff includes four women.

For the first season, eight teams with legacy names to the original USFL will compete. Despite having geographical names, only one team will actually play a home game, as all games will be played in Birmingham, Ala., for at least the first season, with the plan to play in the home cities in 2023.

Officials are listed by their position and uniform number, their current college conference, and seasons worked in an NFL development program. Assignments for last season’s bowl games and conference championships are listed. The ODP seasons are listed, which are the preseason programs except where a different development program is noted. The 2022 ODP has not yet been announced.

• *assigned to a college invitational exhibition game only
• ^† development program for former players
• 🇪🇺NFL Europe 
• 🇨🇦CFL/NFL development program
• 🅰️2019 AAF
• ❎2020 XFL
• ^§cancelled bowl game

			Conference	Seasons in ODP	2021 Bowls / Other Pro Experience
R	72	Bryan Banks	Big Ten	2020-21, 2022*	LA Bowl (as CJ)
U	65	Francisco Villar	Pac-12	2020-21, 2022*	Cotton Bowl 🅰️❎
DJ	67	Derek Anderson	Big 12	2020-21, 2022*	Armed Forces Bowl (as R)
LJ	42	Tangela Mitchell-Ross	SWAC	2021	❎
FJ	56	Jason Ledet	Big 12	2019-2021	Orange Bowl
SJ	88	Raymond Daniel	Big Ten	2018-21, 2022*
BJ	13	Martin Hankins	SEC	2018-21, 2022*	Rose Bowl

			Conference	Seasons in ODP	2021 Bowls / Other Pro Experience
R	10	James Carter	SEC	2017-18, 2019*, 2020-21	First Responders Bowl 🅰️❎
U	3	Brandon Cruse	Big 12	2018-21, 2022*	Big 12 Championship Game (as R) (🅰️❎ as R)
DJ	47	Robin DeLorenzo	Big Ten	2017-21, 2022*	Fiesta Bowl (as LJ) (🅰️❎ as LJ)
LJ	21	Max Causey	Pac-12	2018-21, 2022*	Cotton Bowl (as SJ) (🅰️❎as SJ)
FJ	29	Jimmy DeBell	Conference USA	2007🇪🇺	NFL side judge 2009-14 (🅰️❎ as BJ)
SJ	9	Tuta Salaam	Big 12	2020-21, 2022*	Outback Bowl (as R)
BJ	24	Tra Boger	SEC	2019-21, 2022*	Peach Bowl

			Conference	Seasons in ODP	2021 Bowls / Other Pro Experience
R	22	Duane Heydt	ACC	2019-21	National Championship Game
U	4	Amanda Sauer	Big Ten	2017	🅰️❎
DJ	62	Cravone Barrett	Pac-12	2018-21	Cotton Bowl (as LJ) 🅰️❎
LJ	58	Walter Flowers	SEC		SEC Championship Game
FJ	8	Glen Fucik	SEC	2018-21, 2022*	Fenway Bowl§ 🅰️❎
SJ	98	Frank Steratore	Big Ten	2016-21	Fiesta Bowl 🅰️❎
BJ	11	Tyree Walton	Big 12	2020, 2021*	🅰️❎

			Conference	Seasons in ODP	2021 Bowls / Other Pro Experience
R	49	Alex Moore	SEC	2020, 2021*	Fenway Bowl§
U	50	Mike Morton	ACC	2014† , 2015-17, 2018†, 2020-21	ACC Championship Game 🅰️❎
DJ	85	Dale Keller	Pac-12	2020-21	Pac-12 Championship Game, Cheez-It Bowl (both as LJ) 🅰️❎
LJ	17	Brett Bergman	Big Ten		Duke’s Mayo Bowl 🅰️❎
FJ	99	Lo Van Pham	Big 12	2018-20, 2021-22*	Mountain West Championship Game (as SJ), Holiday Bowl§ 🅰️❎
SJ	73	Justin Larrew	SEC	2016-17, 2018*, 2020-21	SEC Championship Game 🅰️❎
BJ	81	Jacques Hooper	ACC	2018-2021, 2022*	ACC Championship Game

			Conference	Seasons in ODP	2021 Bowls/Other Pro Exp
R	19	Larry Smith	Big Ten	2016, 2020*, 2021	Sun Bowl (🅰️❎ as CJ)
U	27	Adam Savoie	American Athletic	2017-20	National Championship Game (as CJ) (🅰️❎ as CJ)
DJ	6	Ryan Hagan	SEC		Rose Bowl
LJ	2	Quentin Givens	Big 12	2015-17, 2020-21	Armed Forces Bowl 🅰️❎
FJ	80	Daniel Gautreaux	SEC	2017, 2020-21	SEC Championship Game 🅰️❎
SJ	5	LaShell Nelson	Big Ten	2016-18, 2019🇨🇦, 2020, 2021*	Duke’s Mayo Bowl ❎
BJ	37	Joe Johnston	Pac-12	2017, 2018*, 2019-21, 2022*	Birmingham Bowl ❎