Doug Barfield, a native of Grove Hill, Alabama, is a graduate of Clarke County High School and the University of Southern Mississippi. Barfield compiled a 25-5 record as head coach at UMS-Wright from 1963-65 and a 15-4-1 mark at Andalusia from 1965-66. He quarterbacked the South win in the 1953 North-South All-Star Game in Tuscaloosa and became the games first player to return to the game as coach in 1964. During Barfields college coaching career, he made stops at Southern Miss, Clemson, Auburn and Mississippi State. Barfield returned to the prep ranks in 1989, guiding Hillcrest-Evergreen to an 8-1 inaugural season record and Opelika (1990-94) to a 40-19 mark. His overall prep record was 88-29-1. The former Auburn University head football coach has been a major contributor to the AHSAA as a head coach, athletic director, marketing director, and in a coordinating role for the wrestling weight management program and corporate partner Encore Rehabilitation. | 
