Doug Barfield

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Doug Barfield
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	(1936-03-14) March 14, 1936
Playing career
1954–1956	Southern Miss
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1970–1971 1972–1973 1974–1975 1976–1980 1981	Clemson (OC) Auburn (assistant) Auburn (OC) Auburn Mississippi State (RB/WR)
Head coaching record
Overall	29–25–1
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Doug Barfield (born March 14, 1936) is a former American football player and coach. Barfield was the head football coach at Auburn University from 1976–1980 where he compiled an on-field record of 27–27–1 during his five-year tenure. Auburn was subsequently awarded two victories due to forfeits by Mississippi State in 1976 and 1977, thus improving Barfield's record to 29–25–1. Barfield lost all five games as head coach at Auburn against in-state rival, Alabama.

A native of Grove Hill, Alabama,^[1] Barfield played college football at The University of Southern Mississippi. Prior to becoming the head football coach at Auburn, he served as an assistant for several college football teams, including a stint as the offensive coordinator at Auburn from 1974 to 1975. After his dismissal as head coach at Auburn following the 1980 season, Barfield served as the head coach at several high schools in Alabama.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	AP^°
Auburn Tigers (Southeastern Conference) (1976–1980)
1976	Auburn	3–8	2–4	T–6th
1977	Auburn	5–6	4–2	3rd
1978	Auburn	6–4–1	3–2–1	3rd
1979	Auburn	8–3	4–2	T–3rd	16
1980	Auburn	5–6	0–6	T–9th
Auburn:		29–25–1	15–14–1
Total:		29–25–1
National championship Conference title Conference division title
^#Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. ^°Rankings from final AP Poll.

References

↑ Barfield back in hometown

External links

Doug Barfield at the College Football Data Warehouse

Auburn Tigers head football coaches

George Petrie (1891–1892)
D. M. Balliet (1892)
George Roy Harvey (1893)
Forrest M. Hall (1894)
John Heisman (1895–1899)
Walter H. Watkins (1900–1901)
Robert S. Kent (1902)
M. S. Harvey (1902)
William Penn Bates (1903)
Mike Donahue (1904–1906)
Willis Kienholz (1907)
Mike Donahue (1908–1922)
Boozer Pitts (1923–1924)
Dave Morey (1925–1927)
Boozer Pitts (1927)
George Bohler (1928–1929)
Johnny Floyd (1929)
Chet A. Wynne (1930–1933)
Jack Meagher (1934–1942)
No team (1943)
Carl M. Voyles (1944–1947)
Earl Brown (1948–1950)
Ralph Jordan (1951–1975)
Doug Barfield (1976–1980)
Pat Dye (1981–1992)
Terry Bowden (1993–1998)
Bill Oliver # (1998)
Tommy Tuberville (1999–2008)
Gene Chizik (2009–2012)
Gus Malzahn (2013– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim coach.

Persondata
Name	Barfield, Doug
Alternative names
Short description	American football player and coach
Date of birth	March 14, 1936
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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