
NBA experience: 17 seasons, currently in his 18th NBA season
Born: April 9, 1957 (Youngstown, OH)
Resides: North Canton, OH
HS: Lowellville (Lowellville, OH)
College: John Carroll University '79
- Officiated 1007 regular season, 76 playoff and five NBA Finals games.
- Officiated the 1994 Schick Rookie Game.
- FIBA officiating experience includes Bronze Medal Game in the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 1995 Jr. World Championships.
- Three years of collegiate experience, including games in the Southeastern, Ohio Valley, Metro and Sun Belt Conferences, as well as NCAA and NIT Tournament games.
- Serves as Supervisor of Officials in the American Mideast Conference.
- Ten years of high school officiating experience in Ohio from 1977-80 and in Kentucky from 1981-86.
- Conducted basketball officiating clinics in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Kentucky, as well as in France and Venezuela.
- 1979 John Carroll University Football and Tack Leadership Award.
- Played football and ran track at John Carroll University - captained both his senior year.
- He was awarded the 1997 Jerry Schweickent Award for outstanding sports contributions to his alma mater.
- Played football and basketball, and ran track in high school; inducted into the Lowellville High School Football Hall of Fame.
- Chairman of the "Hoops for Healing" Golf Classic.
- Serves as a coach for the North Canton Flyers (summer track club) and the St. Paul 3rd-6th grade tack team and as a coach for St. Paul's 6th grade football team.