Terry McAulay was born on December 24,1959 and is a former American football official who worked in the National Football League for the 1998 through 2017 seasons.
11 Facts About Terry McAulay
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Terry McAulay was the referee for seven conference championship games and three Super Bowls.
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Terry McAulay was the Coordinator of Football Officials for college football's Big East and subsequently the American Athletic Conference from 2008 to 2017.
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Terry McAulay is a graduate of Louisiana State University with a degree in computer science.
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Terry McAulay began his NFL officiating career in 1998 first as a side judge on Walt Coleman's crew, then as a side judge on Tony Corrente's crew in 1999, working the wild card game between the Miami Dolphins and the Seattle Seahawks at the end of that season.
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Terry McAulay later worked the 2000 NFC Championship game, which was his last game at that position before he became a referee at the start of the 2001 NFL season.
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Coincidentally, Terry McAulay wore the same number and originally worked at the same position that was vacated by Mike Pereira, who served as the NFL's Vice President of Officiating from 2001 until February 2010.
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Terry McAulay refereed the 2017 Monday Night Football season opener between the Los Angeles Chargers and Denver Broncos, which was the Chargers' first game since relocating to Los Angeles.
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Terry McAulay then declared the game over and sent the teams to the locker rooms.
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On June 21,2018, Terry McAulay retired from the league to become a rules analyst for NBC Sports' NBC Sunday Night Football and Notre Dame football.
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Terry McAulay is the rules analyst for Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime starting in 2022 joining Al Michaels, Kirk Herbstreit and Kaylee Hartung.