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Leading the Lady Bucks
 Gary Barfield begins his 13th season as softball coach and seventh year as Motlow's athletic director. Barfield is a native of Tullahoma and an alumnus of Motlow State, where he played baseball in 1990. He continued his baseball career and was team captain at the University of Tennessee at Martin. Prior to becoming head softball coach, Barfield served as an assistant baseball coach at Motlow for two years. He resides in Tullahoma with his wife Tracy, and two daughters, Alyssa, age 11, and Katelyn, age 9.
Coach Barfield's overall record at Motlow is 463-206. Under his leadership, the Lady Bucks are averaging 39 wins per season.
The Motlow Lady Bucks Softball Team had the best season in school history in 2009. Not only did the Lady Bucks break several individual school records, they won the Tennessee Community College Athletic Association and National Junior College Athletic Association Region 7 championship in 2009. Motlow is the first school in the 16 year existence of softball in the TCCAA to win the championship besides Chattanooga State.
The Lady Bucks made their first trip to the NJCAA national tournament in St. George, Utah and finished with a 40-16 record. The Lady Bucks have won more than 40 games in a season several times but 2009 was the first year to win a championship. In head coach Gary Barfield's twelve-year tenure, the Lady Bucks have played for the championship 7 times and the 7th time was the charm as the Lady Bucks captured Motlow's first softball championship.
 
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