He has been the head coach of the PRO Rugby team Ohio Aviators since February 2016.
Barford is originally from England, where he played with the Leicester Tigers.
[1] Barford is also a longtime member of the USA youth levels coaching staffs, including the High School All Americans, U-17 and U-20 teams.
[3] Barford was hired as head coach of the Cornell rugby program in 2013.
[4] He took a Cornell team that had finished 0–6 in 2012 and led them to a 6–0 record in 2013; despite player graduations and injuries, he led the team to a second-place finish in the 2014 Ivy League season.