AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE PARTNERS WITH
ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE ON
FOOTBALL OFFICIATING ALLIANCE

PRESS RELEASE

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The American Athletic Conference has partnered with the Atlantic Coast Conference on a football officiating alliance that will allow both leagues to work together on a wide range of officiating matters, including scheduling, training, development, recruitment, retention and evaluation.

The alliance, effective immediately, will be administered by Dennis Hennigan, the ACC’s Supervisor of Football Officials, who will manage the assignment, hiring and training of game officials. The American will name its own Supervisor of Football Officials, who will be responsible for the weekly evaluation of officials for the conference and will be the primary point person between the conference and its 12 head football coaches.

“We are excited to partner with the ACC regarding the administration of our football officiating program,” said American Athletic Conference Commissioner Mike Aresco. “This alliance will provide both conferences with a deep roster of the best college football officials and will provide for greater efficiency and consistency in the training and evaluation of officials as well as enhanced opportunities for the recruitment of officials. We look forward to working with Dennis Hennigan, who was regarded as one of the top on-field officials in college football and has since become a leader on the administrative side. I also want to thank Commissioner John Swofford for his cooperation in reaching this mutually beneficial arrangement”

As a result of the alliance with the ACC, Terry McAulay, who had been The American’s Coordinator of Football Officiating since 2013, will no longer serve in that role.

“We thank Terry McAulay for his years of dedicated service to the American Athletic Conference and to college football,” said Aresco. “Terry has done an outstanding job for our conference and has been a model of integrity and professionalism. We wish him well in the future.”