Frederick T. Farrier (born May 9, 1972) is an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
coach and former player. He is running backs coach and recruiting coordinator at
Alabama A&M University
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University (Alabama A&M) is a public historically black land-grant university in Normal, Huntsville, Alabama. Founded in 1875, it took its present name in 1969. AAMU is a member-school of the Thurgood Marsha ...
. Farrier served as the head football coach at
Morgan State University
Morgan State University (Morgan State or MSU) is a public historically black research university in Baltimore, Maryland. It is the largest of Maryland's historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). In 1867, the university, then known ...
from 2016 to 2017, compiling a record of 4–18. He served as the head football coach at
Kentucky State University
Kentucky State University (KSU and KYSU) is a Public university, public Historically black colleges and universities, historically black land-grant university in Frankfort, Kentucky. Founded in 1886 as the State Normal School for Colored Persons ...
from 2005 to 2008, compiling a record of 19–25. He was let go as of July 24, 2009. Farrier played
college football
College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States.
Unlike most ...
as a
wide receiver at the
College of the Holy Cross
The College of the Holy Cross is a private, Jesuit liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts, about 40 miles (64 km) west of Boston. Founded in 1843, Holy Cross is the oldest Catholic college in New England and one of the oldest ...
. He became the interim head coach at Morgan State on February 11, 2016, after their previous head coach
Lee Hull
Lee Hull (born December 31, 1965) is an American gridiron football coach and former player. He is the head coach at Delaware State University, a position he had held since 2023. Hull served as the head football coach at Morgan State University f ...
accepted a position with the
Indianapolis Colts
The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. The Colts compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) South division. Since the 2008 ...
in the
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
(NFL). On December 9, 2016, Farrier was promoted from interim to full-time head coach.
Head coaching record
References
External links
Alabama A&M profile
1972 births
Living people
American football wide receivers
Alabama A&M Bulldogs football coaches
Holy Cross Crusaders football coaches
Kentucky State Thorobreds football coaches
Michigan State Spartans football coaches
Morgan State Bears football coaches
RPI Engineers football coaches
Shaw Bears football coaches
South Carolina State Bulldogs football coaches
Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football coaches
People from Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Players of American football from Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Coaches of American football from Ohio
African-American coaches of American football
African-American players of American football
20th-century African-American sportspeople
21st-century African-American sportspeople
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