 For seven seasons, Leavy worked as a field judge and later as a back judge, when the league swapped position names in 1998, before being promoted to referee for the 2001 NFL season.This opportunity at the referee position became available as a result of Phil Luckett returning to his original back judge position due to the time commitment that is involved to be a successful crew chief.Outside of the NFL, Leavy was hired in 1998 as the "Coordinator of Football Officials" for the Western Athletic Conference and was appointed "Coordinator of Football Officials" for the Mountain West Conference in 1999.