Carter Barfield enters his first season as the running backs coach for Mercer University in 2013.

 

Barfield comes to Mercer from the University of Kentucky, where he served as an offensive quality control coach and graduate assistant for two seasons. While at UK, Barfield was responsible for all video breakdowns of opponent’s defenses and all offensive self-scout planning.

 

He also assisted in preparing and planning practice, preparing the weekly special teams scouting report, helping with weekly preparations and planning for opponents’ defense and creating, developing, and updating the offensive playbook. He also worked heavily with the quarterbacks and running backs.

 

Before his time at Kentucky, Barfield spent three years at the University of Tennessee-Martin, working in several different capacities with the team. He started his coaching tenure at UT-Martin as a defensive graduate assistant before moving to the other side of the ball as an offensive graduate assistant coach, where he coached wide receivers for one year. Barfield spent his last year at UT-Martin as the quarterbacks coach, helping create and develop the team’s passing game, while also assisting in recruiting.

 

Barfield played collegiate football for four years under head coach Bobby Lamb at Furman University as a wide receiver. During his playing years, the team drew top-12 national rankings all four years, including a Southern Conference Championship in 2004.

 

Barfield graduated from Furman with a bachelor’s degree in history in December 2006. Barfield is a native of Merritt Island, Fla., where he attended Melbourne Central Catholic High School. He is married to the former Jenny Watson, who is a Macon native.