13 Facts About Mike Pereira

Mike Pereira wore uniform number 77, later worn by three-time Super Bowl referee Terry McAulay, and now worn by Terry Killens.

In 1998, Mike Pereira was promoted to NFL supervisor of officiating.

In 2001 Mike Pereira became Director of Officiating for the NFL, succeeding Jerry Seeman, and then was promoted to Vice President of Officiating in 2004.

From February to June 2011, Mike Pereira was the Pac-10's interim coordinator of officiating, charged with implementing changes in the conference's officiating program.

Mike Pereira was an officiating consultant for the Alliance of American Football, which began play in February 2019 and ended in April of the same year.

Mike Pereira is currently the VP of Officiating for the United Football League.

In June 2010, it was announced that Mike Pereira would be joining Fox Sports to serve as a rules analyst for the network's college and NFL coverage.

Mike Pereira specifically felt that Gruden "butchered" the analysis of two defenseless receiver plays during the telecast of an Atlanta Falcons-New Orleans Saints game.

Since June 2017, Mike Pereira has been joined by Dean Blandino, who resigned as NFL senior vice president of officiating the month before, in the same role for Fox.

Mike Pereira was born to Al and Lydia Mike Pereira and grew up in Stockton, California along with his older sister Linda.

Mike Pereira proposed to Gail in 1996, the day after his first preseason game as an NFL official.

Mike Pereira is heavily involved in Battlefields to Ballfields, a charitable organization dedicated to retiring or returning veterans that aspire to become sports referees.

Mike Pereira is a two-time cancer survivor: in 1975, Mike Pereira was diagnosed with testicular cancer and in 2007, he was diagnosed with colon cancer.