Renfroe played football at PRCC for three years, starting with his senior year of high school. He was too old to play his senior year at Thomaston (Ga.) High School.
"Coach Holden was attending a clinic in Atlanta one summer and he drove to Thomaston one day," said Renfroe. "He said if I came to PRCC to play football, he would give me a scholarship. So that’s what I did. I had never heard of Pearl River before then."
For three years, Renfroe was the starting running back and outside linebacker for the Wildcats. The Wildcats won the state championship in 1956 and Renfroe was voted to the All-State team and voted the outstanding back of the conference.
"Coach Holden was like a father to me," said Renfroe. "The school did not feed us on Sundays. Most of the players would go home on the weekends. Me being an out-of-stater, he would tell me to go to a café downtown and tell them to put it on his bill."
Renfroe also met his wife, Charlotte, while in school at PRCC. She taught at Pearl River and also directed the String of Pearls for several years.
Following his graduation from USM, Renfroe coached football in the state for 10 years at Hancock North Central, Picayune and Harrison Central before moving to Texas to enter the home building business.