Craig Ochoa 2024

CRAIG OCHOA

Inducted: 2024

Football & Basketball Official
42 years IHSA registered (started in 1982)

FB Conference worked:
IHSA (officiated state finals – 2006, 2016 & 2021)
1988 – Illinois Junior College Conf. (JCOA)
1992 – CCIW / WIAC (Crew Chief) *Assigned to Div. III National Champ. Game 2010*
1995 -Indoor Football League/Arena League (Crew Chief) Officiated multiple league Championship games
1996 – Midwest Semi Pro Football Leagues
2000 – Big Ten
2008 – MAC – Crew Chief/Head Referee
2008 – Pioneer – Crew Chief/Head Referee

NFL – Crew Chief/ Head Referee – Replacement official – 2012 *Assigned to the Hall of Fame game*

Inducted into the American Football Assoc. (AFA)
Hall of Fame in 2003 (as one of only 25 officials nationwide)
AOS – Lifetime Achievement Award – 2016
AOA- Joined in approx. 1994 (30 years)

Married to Eileen 40 years, 3 daughters, 3 grandchildren, lives in Bartlett