SCFOA History

Founded  in  1944,   in order  to  provide  a   means  of   training  and  developing  football  officials  and maintaining   a   booking   office   for  varsity  football  officials,   the   South  Carolina  Football  Officials Association  has grown  from the original  12 officials serving  4 high schools, to its present size of 580 officials serving 197 schools. A basic rating system was developed in 1958 to assess each official. The rating  system  was  incorporated  into SCFOA's Constitution and By-laws in 1967 and is used today in assigning  officials  to varsity football games. The rating system awards points to officials as follows: a Rules and Mechanics exam - 40%, SCFOA Credit (years of experience) - 15%, Fellow Officials Ratings - 25%,  District Classroom meetings and preseason scrimmages - 15%  and Cooperation - 5%. Coaches do not rate officials in this rating system.