Don Lucas - Sun Belt/Southern, Coordinator
HOMETOWN:
Winston-Salem, N.C.
EDUCATION:
B.S., Western Carolina, 1969
M.A., Western Carolina, 1971
EXPERIENCE:
16 years as college football official; 14 years as a
college basketball official
Coordinator of Officials, Sun Belt Conference,
2000-present
Coordinator of Officials, Southern Conference,
1993-present
Don Lucas is in his 19th season as the Southern
Conference’s Coordinator of Football Officials and his 11th season
as the Coordinator of Football Officials for the Sun Belt
Conference.
A native of Winston-Salem, N.C., Lucas earned a
bachelor’s and master’s degree in health and physical education from
Western Carolina where he played basketball. He is a retired
teacher, coach, parks and recreation director and school
administrator for 33 years.
Lucas was a long-time Southern Conference football
and men’s basketball official. He officiated football games for 16
seasons for the Southern Conference and the Big East Conference and
worked men’s basketball games for 14 years in the Southern
Conference, the Big South Conference and several Division II and
Division III confernces. He refereed eight I-AA play-off games,
including two I-AA semifinals games and one Division II national
championship contest. He also refereed in three NCAA post-season
basketball tournaments. He refereed numerous high school football
and basektball play-off games, including four state championship
games.
Lucas won the Silver Whistle Award in 1987 and
1989 as the Southern Conference’s top football official. He also
served two years as president of the SoCon Football Officials
Association and one year as president of the North State Football
Officials Association.
He was born on May 7, 1947 and is married to the
former Donna Ashe of Sylva, N.C. They have a son, Matt, who is a
graduate of North Carolina State and is the Head Tennis coach at the
University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA.
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