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NCAA Football Official Mike Burton Retires After 50 Years

1/28/2025

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After more than five decades of dedicated service, Mike Burton, the NCAA Division II director of football officials, will hang up his whistle this June at the age of 79. Reflecting on his journey, he expressed heartfelt gratitude for his colleagues and a desire to have positively impacted college football. A search for his successor is set to begin shortly.

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After more than five decades of dedicated service, Mike Burton, the NCAA Division II director of football officials, will hang up his whistle this June at the age of 79. Reflecting on his journey, he expressed heartfelt gratitude for his colleagues and a desire to have positively impacted college football. A search for his successor is set to begin shortly.