Remembering Bob Benoit
The family has established the Bob Benoit Memorial Scholarship Fund to help new officials pay for uniforms and fees.
Bob started officiating college sports in 1978. He officiated football and basketball for KCAC, RMAC, KJCCC, CSIC, and MIAA. He also officiated NCAA Division II basketball. He was inducted into the Kansas Collegiate Hall of Fame in 2007. Bob then served as the commissioner for the AVCTL.
"He has been see every Friday night in football evaluating a game, and every Tuesday and Friday evaluating basketball," Craig Helser said. "No one has worked harder at recruiting, training, and evaluating officials in Kansas than Bob."
Bob ran four basketball clinics during the season for those officials wanting to advance their careers.
“Bob Benoit was the originator of training officials in the state of Kansas by giving up many hours of his time to put on officials’ clinics to make the officiating in Kansas the best it can be,” Keith Kinley said.
Thank you to Joanna Chadwick with VYPE Kansas for sharing about Bob. You can read more here: Bob Benoit — longtime high school, college official, AVCTL commissioner — has died – VYPE Kansas (ksvype.com)
