Gene Steratore
| Gene Steratore | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 8, 1963 Uniontown, Pennsylvania |
| Nationality |
 United States
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| Occupation |
NFL official (2003–present) NCAA basketball official (1995–present) |
Gene Steratore (born February 8, 1963) is an American football official in the National Football League (NFL) since 2003. He entered the league as a field judge and was promoted to referee at the start of the 2006 season, one of two new referees (Jerome Boger the other) for that season, following the retirements of Bernie Kukar and Tom White. He wears uniform number 114. Steratore is currently one of two NFL referees (Bill Vinovich is the other) who also officiate National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball games, which he has done since 1997. He was chosen to be the alternate referee of Super Bowl XLIV, which was held in Miami on February 7, 2010.
Steratore took over briefly as referee during a regular-season game on December 28, 2003, between the Carolina Panthers and New York Giants after Bernie Kukar, the crew chief, was injured during a play in which he was hit in the back by the Giants' Clarence LeBlanc after a blocked punt.
Steratore's 2016 NFL officiating crew consists of umpire Bill Schuster, head linesman Ed Walker, line judge Gary Arthur, field judge Mike Weatherford, side judge Bob Waggoner, and back judge Dino Paganelli.
Steratore worked his first NFL playoff game as a referee between the Arizona Cardinals and the Carolina Panthers on January 10, 2009, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. Exactly one year later, he refereed the Baltimore Ravens' 33–14 victory over the New England Patriots in an American Football Conference (AFC) Wild Card match at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
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