Edward Farrell (born ) is a former

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coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at

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from 1970 to 1973 and

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from 1974 to 1984. Farrell was also the

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at the

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from 1985 to 1990 and the

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from 1990 to 1996. A native of

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, Farrell attended

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, where he played football as an

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. He began his coaching career in 1956 as head football coach at New Paltz High School in

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. After a year in the

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, he returned to coaching in 1958 at Cambridge High School in

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. He served as head football coach at Cambridge from 1958 to 1960 and then at

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from 1961 to 1964. Farrell joined the football coaching staff at Bridgeport as an assistant in 1965.

Head coaching record

College

References

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