Become an Official
Becoming a football official takes one big first step: contacting your local football-officials group.
Here we’ve listed a couple of national organizations that oversee football officiating, as well as a handful of the local organizations that recruit and develop football officials.
Don’t be shy! If you don’t find your locality here, do some Google searching and reach out. They want to hear from you.
National Groups
NASO – National Association of Sports Officials
https://www.naso.org/
NFHS – National Federation of High Schools
https://nfhslearn.com/courses/
Local High School Groups
ALASKA
https://www.
ARIZONA
https://www.azfoa.org/
CALIFORNIA – LOS ANGELES
https://www.cfoa-la.org/
COLORADO – DENVER
https://
CONNECTICUT
https://ccafo.org/
FLORIDA – MIAMI
https://gmacfoa.com/
FLORIDA – ORLANDO/CENTRAL
https://cfoa.com/
GEORGIA – ATLANTA
https://aafoa.org/
GEORGIA
https://www.gfoa.pro/
HAWAII
https://www.ofoa-hawaii.org/
ILLINOIS
https://www.ihsa.org/Officials
KANSAS
https://www.kshsaa.org/Public/
KENTUCKY
http://ckfoa.org/
LOUISIANA
https://lhsoa.com/become-
MAINE – NEW ENGLAND
https://www.anefo.org/
MARYLAND
https://www.mbfo.org/
MASSACHUSETTS – NEW ENGLAND
https://www.anefo.org/
MICHIGAN – DETROIT
https://
MICHIGAN
https://www.mhsaa.com/i-am/
NEBRASKA
http://www.nhsoahome.org/#/
NEVADA – LAS VEGAS
https://snoaofficials.com/
NEVADA
https://www.niaa.com/
NEW HAMPSHIRE
http://www.nhfoa.net/
NEW YORK – WESTERN NY
https://www.wnycfo.com/
NEW YORK STATE
https://ossaa.arbitersports.
PENNSYLVANIA
https://www.piaa.org/
RHODE ISLAND
https://rifoa.org/index.html
SOUTH CAROLINA
https://scfoa.net/
SOUTH DAKOTA
http://
TENNESSEE
https://cms-files.tssaa.org/
TEXAS
https://taso.org/chapter-
WASHINGTON – SEATTLE
https://pnfoa.com/
Local College Groups
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
http://www.sccfoa.org/