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Southeastern Conference basketball fans will be glad to hear this news, the league has a new coordinator of officials for men’s basketball.
With the SEC spending more resources on basketball in recent seasons, the conference has proven it can produce elite level college basketball but the downside of that recognition has come in the form of poor officiating in recent seasons. The SEC hopes to correct that issue moving forward with a new coordinator of officials.
On Tuesday, the SEC named 24-year college basketball officiating veteran and three-time Final Four official Mike Eades as the new coordinator of officials for men’s basketball.
If you are unfamiliar with the job description for a coordinator of officials, Eades will be assigned the responsibility of selecting, training, evaluating, and assigning officials for SEC contests.
Eades has worked Final Fours in 2015, 2016 and 2017. During his lengthy officiating career, Eades has worked games in the SEC, ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, American, Atlantic 10 and Big South conferences and Colonial Athletic Association.
Following the news, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey issued this statement:
“Mike Eades will bring nearly a quarter of a century of men’s basketball officiating experience and knowledge to the SEC’s officiating program. Mike has experienced success as an on-court official at the highest levels of college basketball and he has developed relationships during his career that will be beneficial in supporting the men’s basketball officiating program of the SEC.”
Eades is a graduate of Bluefield (WV) State College.
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