Carl Cheffers
Carl Cheffers is married to Nanette, and have two children, Ben and Melissa. He resides in Whittier, California. Carl Cheffers’ father also was a football official and worked in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10).
As a college student, Cheffers became interested in officiating through his father, and decided to work intramural sports to make additional income. Enjoying the experience of student sports, he sought assistance from his father to officiate high school football games to begin a career. Starting in 1980, he worked several high school playoff games, and two high school championship games. By 1995, Cheffers began officiating in the Pac-10 where he worked for five seasons before being hired by the NFL. During this time, he also worked in the Western Athletic Conference.
Since entering the NFL, Cheffers has worked as a side judge, most recently on the crew headed by referee Larry Nemmers. Cheffers was promoted to referee (crew chief) beginning with the 2008 NFL season following the retirement of Nemmers and referee Gerald Austin.
In his promotion to referee, NFL officiating director Mike Pereira said of Cheffers, “Carl has been extremely successful on the field as a side judge. He is very knowledgeable of the rules, a good rules guy. Strong presence. He was part of Larry Nemmers’ crew and he was clearly a crew leader. When we first saw Carl, we saw referee experience from him even though he had refereed basically at the small-college level.”
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Carl,
I was watching the football game on Thanksgiving day and heard the name Carl Cheffers mentioned on one of the plays that were being challenged. I went to the computer and checked if that same Carl Cheffers that was reffing the game could be the same guy I went to high school with.
Sure enough it is the same guy. How are you doing? I live in St. Louis and coach soccer. I hope to see you at the reunion in 2010. I heard from Norman Edwards about a month ago. He was living in Oregon and getting ready to retire. (retire at 50…it must be nice!)
Herb Foerster
Carl,
My wife and I are watching you on TV – as we have done for most of this year. As in the other post, I too heard your name one day during a game and wondered – could that be the same Carl Cheffers who was my neighbor on Foxley Drive? Sure enough! I’ve been in contact with Ruth and Nancy from the old neighborhood and we are talking about getting a small reunion together. Would love to hear from you and reconnect! BTW – you are doing a great job!
All the best,
Mike Gonzales