Offspring of officials

[ChuckElias]

Hank Nichols' son is a big-time D1 official.

[refTN]

Don't forget the whole Crawford family. Joey, an NBA ref, and his brother (don't know his name) is a MLB umpire. Their dad before them, Shag Crawford was an MLB umpire. What a family of officials. I wish mine was like that.

[BktBallRef]

Jerry Crawford.

Wonder how many of these guys would have made the big time if it hadn't been for the old man?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Jerry Crawford.

Wonder how many of these guys would have made the big time if it hadn't been for the old man?

Earl Strom always took credit for getting Joey Crawford into the NBA.

[sleebo]

John Clougherty has a son who officiates D-1 basketball. His name is Tim Clougherty. Doug Hampton, a former SEC official, has two sons who officiate in D-1, John and Brent.

[The New Guy]

Ken Mauer (NBA ref) has a brother, who I believe did the D-II championship game a few weeks ago. The brother also runs the shot clock at Timberwolves games, I think.

[refTN]

I also believe that Ken Mauer, an NBA ref, has a son or a younger brother who works college ball.

[AZ_REF]

Can't forget Ed Rush who was a longtime NBA official, then Commisioner breifly, then Head of referee development, and now I believe he's a group supervisor.

His son Eddie F Rush is in his 18th season in the NBA.

EDIT-

Doh! I knew Ed's son had something to do with officiating and the NBA so I put two and two together and grabbed his name off the nba ref's website. I humbly apologize. Thanks for the correction. I thought it was odd that Ed's son had been in the NBA for that long but hey, never let the truth get in the way of a good story.