Harrison Receives NFF Dooley Chapter Award
July 15, 2022 | Football
RALEIGH, N.C. – A two-year letterman at East Carolina University (1971-72), Darrell "Hawk" Harrison has been named the recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to Amateur Football Award, announced on Friday by The National Football Foundation's Bill Dooley Chapter. Harrison will be honored at the chapter's annual Pigskin Preview on Friday, July 22 at the Embassy Suites in Cary.
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A veteran of local high school and college athletics, Harrison has been an advocate for the avocation of officiating through partnership with Brad Allen and Mike Webster to organize and coordinate the Down East Officials Football Clinic. At the collegiate level, Harrison has worked 304 NCAA Division I football games including the 2009 BCS National Championship Game, two Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) title games, three Cotton Bowls, the 2001 Rose Bowl, as well as ten other bowl assignments. He was recognized with the ACC Commissioner Award in 2014, the highest honor given to an ACC Football Official. In recent years, Harrison has served on the ACC and American Athletic Conference replay staffs and working as an NFL Scout for Officiating.
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A member of the Coastal Plains Officials Association from 1977-1999 and serving board member, Harrison has worked multiple Eastern Regional Finals in all classifications, called the 1998 4A State Championship game, the 1988 East/West All-Star Game and the 1993 Shrine Bowl Game. He was selected as the 1978 Rookie-of-the-Year Award winner in the Coastal Plains Association and in 1991 was named that Association's Official-of-the-Year. In 2019, he received the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) Golden Whistle Merit Award, which is the highest award given in North Carolina for service to student-athletes through officiating.
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Harrison was a member of the 1972 Southern Conference Championship squad under Sonny Randle that posted a 9-2 overall record, 6-0 in league play. He earned his BA and MBA from ECU before working and serving as a president and eventual owner of Xerox Sales Agency. Harrison and his wife Sandy are longtime residents of Greenville, N.C.
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NFF Dooley Chapter – Outstanding Contribution to Amateur Football – Previous Honorees
1996 – Earle Edwards
1997 – Ernie Williamson & Charlie Bryant
1998 – A.J. Carr
1999 – Hal Stewart
2000 – Frank Weedon
2001 – Ned Gonet & Don Shea
2002 – Russell Blunt
2003 – Tom Suiter
2004 – Tim Stevens
2005 – Tommy Hunt
2006 – Willie Bradshaw
2007 – Charlie Adams
2008 – David Riggs
2009 – Bill Dooley
2010 – William B. Hayes
2011 – Ken Browning
2012 – Eddie Smith
2013 – David Horning
2014 – Billy Ruffin
2015 – Red Wilson
2016 – Rick Steinbacher
2017 – Marvin Jarman
2018 – Henry Trevathan Sr.
2019 – Robert Massey
2020 – N/A
2021 – John Roth
2022 – Darrell Harrison
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About the Pigskin Preview
The National Football Foundation Bill Dooley Chapter's annual Pigskin Preview is set for Friday, July 22 at the Embassy Suites in Cary. Registration opens at 11 a.m., with the event program starting at 11:30 a.m. David Glenn will host the event, which will feature head coaches Mack Brown of North Carolina, Dave Doeren of NC State, Mike Elko of Duke, Mike Houston of East Carolina and Trei Oliver of N.C. Central. Sponsorship and tickets are available at www.nffbilldooleychapter.org.
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About the NFF Bill Dooley Chapter
On August 23, 1995, Bill Dooley, one of the winningest coaches in the Atlantic Coast Conference history, invited athletic directors, coaches and representatives from the University of North Carolina, Duke University, N.C. Central University and North Carolina State University to join him and N.C. Governor Jim Hunt at the State Capitol Old Senate Chambers. It was at that meeting the universities pledged their support to the newly formed NFFCHOF Chapter and its mission. In 2012, East Carolina University joined the Chapter and, in 2014, the NFFCHOF Board of Directors unanimously voted to name the chapter after its founder.
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A veteran of local high school and college athletics, Harrison has been an advocate for the avocation of officiating through partnership with Brad Allen and Mike Webster to organize and coordinate the Down East Officials Football Clinic. At the collegiate level, Harrison has worked 304 NCAA Division I football games including the 2009 BCS National Championship Game, two Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) title games, three Cotton Bowls, the 2001 Rose Bowl, as well as ten other bowl assignments. He was recognized with the ACC Commissioner Award in 2014, the highest honor given to an ACC Football Official. In recent years, Harrison has served on the ACC and American Athletic Conference replay staffs and working as an NFL Scout for Officiating.
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A member of the Coastal Plains Officials Association from 1977-1999 and serving board member, Harrison has worked multiple Eastern Regional Finals in all classifications, called the 1998 4A State Championship game, the 1988 East/West All-Star Game and the 1993 Shrine Bowl Game. He was selected as the 1978 Rookie-of-the-Year Award winner in the Coastal Plains Association and in 1991 was named that Association's Official-of-the-Year. In 2019, he received the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) Golden Whistle Merit Award, which is the highest award given in North Carolina for service to student-athletes through officiating.
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Harrison was a member of the 1972 Southern Conference Championship squad under Sonny Randle that posted a 9-2 overall record, 6-0 in league play. He earned his BA and MBA from ECU before working and serving as a president and eventual owner of Xerox Sales Agency. Harrison and his wife Sandy are longtime residents of Greenville, N.C.
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NFF Dooley Chapter – Outstanding Contribution to Amateur Football – Previous Honorees
1996 – Earle Edwards
1997 – Ernie Williamson & Charlie Bryant
1998 – A.J. Carr
1999 – Hal Stewart
2000 – Frank Weedon
2001 – Ned Gonet & Don Shea
2002 – Russell Blunt
2003 – Tom Suiter
2004 – Tim Stevens
2005 – Tommy Hunt
2006 – Willie Bradshaw
2007 – Charlie Adams
2008 – David Riggs
2009 – Bill Dooley
2010 – William B. Hayes
2011 – Ken Browning
2012 – Eddie Smith
2013 – David Horning
2014 – Billy Ruffin
2015 – Red Wilson
2016 – Rick Steinbacher
2017 – Marvin Jarman
2018 – Henry Trevathan Sr.
2019 – Robert Massey
2020 – N/A
2021 – John Roth
2022 – Darrell Harrison
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About the Pigskin Preview
The National Football Foundation Bill Dooley Chapter's annual Pigskin Preview is set for Friday, July 22 at the Embassy Suites in Cary. Registration opens at 11 a.m., with the event program starting at 11:30 a.m. David Glenn will host the event, which will feature head coaches Mack Brown of North Carolina, Dave Doeren of NC State, Mike Elko of Duke, Mike Houston of East Carolina and Trei Oliver of N.C. Central. Sponsorship and tickets are available at www.nffbilldooleychapter.org.
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About the NFF Bill Dooley Chapter
On August 23, 1995, Bill Dooley, one of the winningest coaches in the Atlantic Coast Conference history, invited athletic directors, coaches and representatives from the University of North Carolina, Duke University, N.C. Central University and North Carolina State University to join him and N.C. Governor Jim Hunt at the State Capitol Old Senate Chambers. It was at that meeting the universities pledged their support to the newly formed NFFCHOF Chapter and its mission. In 2012, East Carolina University joined the Chapter and, in 2014, the NFFCHOF Board of Directors unanimously voted to name the chapter after its founder.
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