Edward Farrell (born c. 1934) is a former American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport, Connecticut from 1970 to 1973 and Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina from 1974 to 1984. Farrell was also the athletic director at the University of North Carolina at Asheville from 1985 to 1990 and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga from 1990 to 1996.

Ed Farrell
Biographical details
Bornc. 1934
Playing career
1954–1955Rutgers
Position(s)End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1956New Paltz HS (NY)
1958–1960Cambridge HS (MD)
1961–1964Guilderland HS (NY)
1965–1969Bridgeport (assistant)
1970–1973Bridgeport
1974–1984Davidson
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1985–1990UNC Asheville
1990–1996Chattanooga
Head coaching record
Overall70–79–1 (college)
Bowls2–0
Tournaments0–1 (NCAA Division III playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 EFC (1971)

A native of Brewster, New York, Farrell attended Rutgers University, where he played football as an end. He began his coaching career in 1956 as head football coach at New Paltz High School in New Paltz, New York. After a year in the United States Army, he returned to coaching in 1958 at Cambridge High School in Cambridge, Maryland. He served as head football coach at Cambridge from 1958 to 1960 and then at Guilderland High School in Guilderland, New York from 1961 to 1964. Farrell joined the football coaching staff at Bridgeport as an assistant in 1965.[1][2]

Head coaching record

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College

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Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Bridgeport Purple Knights (Eastern Football Conference) (1970–1971)
1970 Bridgeport 4–6 1–3 4th
1971 Bridgeport 10–1 4–0 1st W Knute Rockne Bowl
Bridgeport Purple Knights (NCAA College Division / NCAA Division III independent) (1972–1973)
1972 Bridgeport 11–0 W Knute Rockne Bowl
1973 Bridgeport 9–2 L NCAA Division III Semifinal
Bridgeport: 34–9 5–3
Davidson Wildcats (Southern Conference) (1974–1976)
1974 Davidson 2–7 0–3 8th
1975 Davidson 1–8 0–3 8th
1976 Davidson 2–6–1 0–1 8th
1977 Davidson 4–6 0–1 8th
1978 Davidson 5–5
1979 Davidson 6–4
1980 Davidson 5–5
1981 Davidson 4–6
1982 Davidson 3–7
1983 Davidson 2–8 0–5 9th
1984 Davidson 2–8 0–5 9th
Davidson: 36–70–1 0–18
Total: 70–79–1
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

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  1. ^ "Cambridge Grid Coach To Resign". The Salisbury Times. Salisbury, Maryland. February 21, 1961. p. 25. Retrieved August 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  2. ^ "Farrell Accepts Head Coach Job At Bridgeport". The Daily Times. Salisbury, Maryland. March 28, 1970. p. D2. Retrieved August 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .