Clarkie Mayfield | |
Birth Date: | 11 October 1941 |
Death Place: | Southgate, Kentucky, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1960–1962 |
Player Team1: | Kentucky |
Player Positions: | Halfback, placekicker |
Coach Years1: | 1963–1966 |
Coach Team1: | LaRue County HS (KY) (assistant) |
Coach Years2: | 1967–1968 |
Coach Team2: | Franklin-Simpson HS (KY) (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1969–1973 |
Coach Team3: | Jacksonville State (OC/QB/RB) |
Coach Years4: | 1974–1976 |
Coach Team4: | Jacksonville State |
Overall Record: | 22–11 (college) |
Championships: | 1 GSC (1974) |
Herman Clark Mayfield (October 11, 1941 – May 28, 1977) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama, from 1974 to 1976, compiling a record of 22–11.[1]
As a player at the University of Kentucky in 1962, Mayfield's field goal clinched a victory against Tennessee in the season's final game. He died on May 28, 1977, in the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire in Southgate, Kentucky.[2]