GREENSBORO, N.C. – After a distinguished officiating career on and off the field, Dennis Hennigan will conclude his service as the ACC Supervisor of Football Officiating following the 2022 season.
Hennigan was named the league’s Supervisor of Football Officiating in April 2015. Throughout his seven years, he has been a key driver in the establishment and expansion of the ACC football officiating alliance that has led to improved consistency in training and the long-term development of football officials. He coordinated the officiating aspects of the conference’s collaborative instant replay that was launched in 2016, and in 2021 hired the ACC’s first-ever female football official. Under his leadership, the league now incorporates an expanded officiating program’s year-round training utilizing position coaches and the enhanced use of technology.
“Dennis Hennigan is a man of incredible integrity with a tremendous love for the game of football,” said ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, Ph.D. “As a league, we look forward to his continued service during the 2022 season which provides the opportunity to both celebrate Dennis’ contribution to the ACC and collegiate football and conduct a national search to find the next ACC Supervisor of Football Officiating. To be certain, we appreciate all that Dennis has done to enhance the league’s football officiating program and his ongoing dedication.”
“I have had the great privilege of working with extraordinary individuals at the ACC, and with the most dedicated and committed officials in the country; outstanding officials on the field, and even better persons off the field,” said Hennigan. “We are well into our preparations for the 2022 season, and I look forward to working with them again this season.”
In the 17 years prior to his time at the conference office, Hennigan was a Football Bowl Subdivision Referee. He officiated in 15 bowl games including the 2004 Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game as well as three Rose Bowls, a Fiesta Bowl and a Chick-fil-A Bowl.
In addition to his ACC affiliation as Supervisor of Officials, Hennigan was an on-field official in the league in 2013 and 2014. Prior to his time with the ACC, he served as a referee in the Big East Conference from 1998-2012 and the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference from 1983-1997. A resident of Camillus, New York, he has practiced law for over 40 years and previously retired from the Costello, Cooney & Fearon Law Firm in Syracuse, New York.
As a result of the 2022 season being the final of Hennigan’s tenure, the league will form a search subcommittee to begin the process of securing the next supervisor of officials.