Fred T. Farrier
Head Football Coach
Fred T. Farrier
prepares for his fifth season as the head football coach at Kentucky State
University. He returns a team in 2008 that has increased
expectations and looks to accomplish great things at KSU. Coach Farrier has had a tremendous amount of
success during his stay in Frankfort
so far. He is only the second head coach
in school history to start his tenure with consecutive winning seasons in the
first two years as head coach. His teams
totaled 13 wins in his first two years as head coach which is the most wins for
any head coach in school history during the first two years as head coach.
His teams and
players have been recognized for their success on the field as well. During the 2005 season the Kentucky State
punt return team was the national statistical leader in return average in NCAA
Division II. In 2006 Kentucky State
had the first 1,000 yard rusher, Anthony Robinson, since the 2000 season. For 11 of 12 weeks during the 2006 season the
Kentucky State defense ranked in the top 10 nationally in rush defense, holding
the fourth position until the final week of the season. Coach Farrier’s teams
have placed several student-athletes on the SIAC and regional all-conference
and all-academic teams including 10 first and second team selections in 2007
and another 10 selections in 2005 and 2006.
His players were also recognized in 2007 with 5 first team and 3 second
team All-SIAC selections. Kentucky State placed 2 student-athletes on the
academic All-SIAC team and freshman running back Andrew Ramsey was recognized
and the SIAC Freshman-of-the-year.
Farrier came to
Kentucky State University as the 29th head football coach in Thorobred history
in March of 2005 from Raleigh, North Carolina where he was the offensive
coordinator and associate head coach for the 2004 season at Shaw University. While at Shaw, the Bears won the CIAA
conference championship and Pioneer Bowl, defeating two SIAC teams along the
way. The Bears were very successful offensively in the CIAA conference
and placed two offensive players on the All-CIAA 1st Team, one player on the
2nd team and two players on the Daktronics All-Southeast Region Team. The Bears were able to win the CIAA
championship in football after only two seasons of NCAA football since reviving
the program in 2002.
Prior to Shaw University,
Coach Farrier was the recruiting coordinator and wide receivers coach at Tennessee Tech University
from 2001 to 2003. He made an immediate
impact on the record-setting success of the Golden Eagle passing game for three
seasons as he helped the Golden Eagle offense establish 36 offensive school
records with several standout receivers. In three seasons at Tech, Golden Eagle
receivers recorded eleven 100-yard plus receiving games. As the
Golden Eagle recruiting coordinator, Farrier organized their nation-wide effort
to attract top talent to Cookeville.
His coaching
career began at Michigan
State, where he served
two seasons as a graduate assistant coach with the Spartans. He coached with the MSU wide receivers in 1998
and 1999 under head coach Nick Saban, including working with NFL standout
receivers Plaxico Burress, Gari Scott
and Herb Haygood. In his final season in
East Lansing with the Spartans, Michigan State
finished the 1999 season at 10-2 with a Citrus Bowl victory over the University of Florida.
Coach Farrier
was the wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator at Saginaw Valley
State University
in 2000. That season he was privileged
to coach the GLIAC conference player of the year and All-America selection, Brian
Dolph. In 2000, the Cardinals won the GLIAC conference title and a berth to the
NCAA Division II playoffs.
Farrier's
knowledge of the game is also well documented.
He has been published on several different occasions. His articles include two articles published
in Coach and Athletic Director magazine.
“Blocking With A Purpose”
was published in September, 2002 and “Winning
At The Line Of Scrimmage: 5 Steps To Beating Press Coverage” was
published in April, 2003. Farrier had a third article published in the Black
Coaches Association Journal in January of 2004, titled, “Professional Development: 10 Steps to Develop Better Coaches”.
Coach Farrier has been published in The
Extra Point magazine of the AFCA with an article titled “Establish Your Run Game” in April, 2005 and in the Second
Quarter of 2007, titled “Professional
Responsibility: 12 Steps To Develop Better Coaches”.
Coach Farrier
was a participant and graduate of the 2005 NCAA Coaches
Academy’s Advanced Coaching
Program and the 2007 Expert Coaching Program that identifies outstanding
minority coaches in football with the potential to become Division I-A head
coaches. In June of 2006, Coach Farrier was
a guest instructor for the NCAA Advanced Coaches
Academy in Indianapolis,
Indiana and he was a guest instructor and lecturer
for the 2007 Future Coach’s Academy in San
Antonio, Texas. Coach Farrier was again a guest instructor at
the Advanced Coaching Program in June of 2008 in Indianapolis.
Coach Farrier has been a Chalk Talk lecturer at the AFCA convention,
speaking on quarterbacks (2006) and wide receivers (2007). He has also served as a panel moderator for
the graduate assistant forum at the AFCA conventions in 2007 and 2008. Coach Farrier also hosts a weekly television
show called “The Fred T. Farrier Show At The 50 Yard Line,” that documents the
weekly performance of the Kentucky
State football team.
Coach Farrier’s
contributions to the coaching profession have been almost immediate. Coach Farrier is regularly a speaker at AFCA
national conventions discussing such topics as quarterback and wide receiver
play and managing your coaching career. Since
becoming head coach in March of 2005, he has had six (6) assistants (Kenny
Wilhite to Southeast Missouri State, Kris Sweet to Columbia, Brian White and Greg
Green to Texas Southern, Lorenzo Guess to Alcorn State and James Jones to
Dartmouth) take jobs as assistants at Division I football programs and has had three
(3) assistants selected as participants in the NCAA Men’s Coach’s Academy (Trent
Boykin, Greg Green Sr. and James Jones).
During his
collegiate playing career, Farrier earned two letters as a wide receiver at the
College of the Holy Cross. The Crusaders
posted an 11-0 mark in 1991, while garnering the East Coast Athletic Conference
Team of the Year Award and sporting a 20-game winning streak from1990 through
1991. Farrier also played basketball and
received his bachelor's degree in economics and accounting in 1994. Coach Farrier also received his master’s
degree from Tennessee Tech in May of 2004 in Instructional Leadership.
During his prep
career at Cleveland Heights (Ohio) High School, Farrier was a two-time
all-conference selection in both football and basketball.
Coach Farrier is
married to Danita, who is a Kentucky
State University
graduate. The Farriers reside in Frankfort with their son,
Fred II and daughter India. Danita, Fred II and India are heavily
involved in the KSU community, including academic support for the
student-athletes and community service in the Frankfort area through a non-profit
organization called Views From The Sideline.
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THE FARRIER FILE
PERSONAL
Born: Frederick T. Farrier
High School:
Cleveland Heights High School
College:
College
of the Holy Cross, Bachelor of Arts, 1994
Tennessee Technological
University, Master of Arts, 2004
Wife: Danita
Children:
Frederick II, November 25, 2002
India,October 4, 2008
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
Year
School
Position Awards
1990–1993
Holy
Cross WR none
COACHING EXPERIENCE
Year
School
Record
Conference
2005:
Kentucky State 6-5 4-3
2006
Kentucky State 7-4 4-3
2007:
Kentucky State 3-8 3-4
FARRIER CAREER HEAD COACHING RECORD
YEAR SCHOOL RECORD CONFERENCE
2005 – Present Kentucky State 16-17 11-10
Totals Wins In KSU School
History
(29 Head Coaches In School History)
1. Henry A.
Kean 1931-1942 73
2. LeRoy
Smith 1970-1982 65
3. George
Small 1995-2000 33
4. George
Edwards 1951-1956 27
5. C. Randy
Taylor 1947-1950 22
6. Mel
Whedbee 1963-1967 19
7. Fred
T. Farrier 2005- 16
8 Sam Taylor 1959-1962 15
Donald
Smith 2001-2003 13
10. William
Head 1987-1989 10
Total Wins After
3 Years as KSU Head Coach
(13 Head Coaches with at least 3 years at KSU)
1. George
Smalls 1995-1997 19
2. C. Randy
Taylor 1947-1949 17
3. Fred T. Farrier 2005-2007 16
Henry
A. Kean 1931-1933 16
Mel
Whedbee 1963-1965 16
4. LeRoy
Smith 1970-1972 15
5. Donald
Smith 2001-2003 13
Total Wins After
2 years as KSU Head Coach
(17 Head Coaches with at least 2 years at KSU)
1. Fred
T. Farrier 2005 – 2006 13
2. - T Henry A. Kean 1931 – 1932 12
Mel
Whedbee 1963 – 1964 12
George
Small 1995 – 1996 12
5. – T C. Randy
Taylor 1947 – 1948 10
LeRoy
Smith 1970 – 1971 10
Against
Competition
Vs. Albany
State 0
– 3
Vs. Benedict 2
– 1
Vs. Central State 2
– 1
Vs. Clark – Atlanta 3
– 0
Vs. Ferris
State 0
– 2
Vs. Fort
Valley State 1
– 1
Vs. Kentucky
Wesleyan 1
– 0
Vs. Lane 2
– 1
Vs. Miles 3
– 0
Vs. Morehouse 2
– 0
Vs. Stillman 0
– 3
Vs. Tuskegee 0
– 2
Vs. Mercyhurst 0
– 1
Vs. St. Joseph’s 0
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