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Mike Carey, First Black Super Bowl Referee, To Lead Game XLII Officiating Crew

Saturday, February 2, 2008 , Posted by Christopher Byrne at 8:24 PM, under , ,

Athens, GA (Feb 2, 2008) - The following are the officials assigned to Super Bowl XLII, as announced by the National Football League (NFL) on January 30, 2008.








NamePositionNumberYears Exp.Playoff Game Experience
Mike Carey
Referee
94
18
14
Carey, who is concluding his 18th season as an NFL game official, will become the first black referee in a Super Bowl game. The Santa Clara University alum has officiated in 14 playoff games -- two NFL championships, four divisional playoffs and eight wild card games. Carey was the referee when the Giants and Patriots met last December 29 at Giants Stadium in the teams’ regular-season finale, a 38-35 New England victory.
Additional Bio Information from football-refs.com
Michael "Mike" Carey is an American football official in the National Football League (NFL) since the 1990 NFL season. He began officiating football in 1972 working Pop Warner football games in the San Diego, California area. Later in 1985, he joined the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). Carey was hired by the NFL in 1990 as a side judge before being promoted to referee for the start of the 1995 NFL season. He was the second African-American official to become a referee after Johnny Grier in 1988. Mike served as an alternate referee for Super Bowl XXXVI in 2002. Of all the active referees in the NFL, Carey has ejected the most players. On the field, he wears the uniform number 94.

On October 3, 2005, Mike and his brother, Don, an NFL official as well (back judge), became the first brothers to officiate an NFL game together when they were assigned on the same officiating crew for the game between the Carolina Panthers and Green Bay Packers.

Carey was the ref during the January 7, 2006 NFC wild card playoff game between the Washington Redskins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Late in the game, he ejected Redskin defensive back Sean Taylor for spitting at Bucs running back Michael Pittman. Pittman slapped Taylor in retaliation, but was not punished for it.

Outside of football, Carey is also a co-owner of Seirus Innovation, a privately held company that manufactures ski and snowboarding gloves, face protection, and other cold-weather accessories. He is an inventor who owns or shares eight ski apparel patents, including "Cat Tracks," a protective device which he created at age 30 to slip over the sole of a ski boot, preventing damage away from the ski run. Mike's wife, Wendy, is the Chief Financial Officer of Seirus.

Carey was a college football running back for Santa Clara University and suffered an ankle injury which affects his ability to run. Today, Carey limits himself to running on the days he is scheduled to officiate games.


The rest of the crew:
NamePositionNumberYears Exp.Playoff Game Experience
Tony Michalek
Umpire
115
6
2
Gary Slaughter
Head Linesman
30
12
7
Carl Johnson
Line Judge
101
7
4
Boris Cheek
Field Judge
41
12
6
Larry Rose
Side Judge
128
11
7
Scott Helverson
Back Judge
93
5
3
Ken Baker
Replay Assistant
3

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