Spitzer was officially tabbed as the Great Midwest supervisor of men's lacrosse officials in August of 2017 prior to the 2018 season.
Spitzer served as an official for 30 years between his work in the high school, college and Major League Lacrosse (MLL) ranks and held the role of assignor for the Central Ohio Lacrosse Officials Association (COLOA) from 2004-15. He has worked as the District Assignor in District 6 for the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) since 2016. He is licensed through the National Intercollegiate Lacrosse Officials Organization (NILOA) and also holds a Class 1 license with the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA).
In 2017, he was selected as OHSAA’s first Director of Officiating Develop for Boy’s Lacrosse.
In 2010, Spitzer began serving as the District 6 Coordinator for US Lacrosse while also earning a spot on the organization’s Men’s Officials Training Committee. He was named to U.S. Lacrosse’s Men’s Game Committee in 2015. Spitzer is also certified by US Lacrosse as a clinician, observer and assignor. He has worked as a COLOA trainer since 1993 and as a LAREDO (LAcrosse REferee DevelOpment) clinician for US Lacrosse since 2014 and was selected as OHSAA’s fist Director of Officiating Development for boy’s lacrosse in 2017.
US Lacrosse’s District 6 consists of Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
A native of Columbus, Ohio, Spitzer was inducted into the Ohio High School Wrestling Coaches Association (OHSWCA) Hall of Fame in 1992, the Ohio Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Ohio Capital Conference Hall of Fame in 2011. He had served as the head lacrosse coach at Upper Arlington High School for 13 years and head wrestling for 27 years.