Veteran Referee Vinovich Heads Super Bowl Crew
Jan 15, 2020, 3:49 PM
Referee Bill Vinovich #52 makes a call in the NFC Championship game between the Los Angeles Rams and the New Orleans Saints at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on January 20, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
(Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Veteran referee Bill Vinovich will head the crew for the Super Bowl.
Vinovich is in his 15th season as an NFL official.
He previously worked the 2015 game between New England and Seattle. The league went with one of its most experienced referees.
Super Bowl assignments are set – Bill Vinovich has been named #SBLIV referee. pic.twitter.com/52iJdkUWe4
— NFL Officiating (@NFLOfficiating) January 15, 2020
Down judge Kent Payne and side judge Boris Cheek will be handling their third Super Bowl each. Also on the crew will be umpire Barry Anderson, line judge Carl Johnson, field judge Michael Banks, back judge Greg Steed and replay official Mike Chase.
It will be the first Super Bowl assignments for Anderson and Chase. Johnson has done two, as have Steed and Banks.
