Ed Coukart was an

American football official In gridiron football, an official is a person who has responsibility in enforcing the rules and maintaining the order of the game. During professional and most college football games, seven officials operate on the field. Since 2015, Division I ...

in the

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from the

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. He served as an umpire and officiated in

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in 2003 and selected as an alternate for

Super Bowl XXXII Super Bowl XXXII was an American football game played between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Green Bay Packers (who were defending their Super Bowl XXXI championship) and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Denver B ...

in 1998. Coukart wore the uniform number 71. A native of Shadyside, Ohio, Coukart attended

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

before graduating from Lasalle Law School and University of Wisconsin's Graduate School of Banking. Coukart later became the President of Potters Bank and Trust in East Liverpool, Ohio, where he resides. Upon retiring as an NFL official, he serves as a supervisor in the NFL front office. Some of Coukart's main responsibilities as a supervisor include traveling to one venue a week during the regular season and reviewing tapes from other games to analyze and evaluate the officiating in the game and training officials. He called the first leaping penalty since 1938 in a 2003

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game between the

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and the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Coukart Living people National Football League officials People from Belmont County, Ohio Year of birth missing (living people) Northwestern University alumni