Kevin Farrell will be a familiar face to many Greyhounds fans and alumni in his return to the Loyola sidelines as an assistant coach starting in 2024-25.
Farrell was a 2012 graduate of Loyola and served as a team manager from 2008-12 before spending nine seasons as the program’s director of operations from 2012-21.
“I am thrilled to welcome Kevin back to Loyola,” said Head Coach Josh Loeffler. “He worked tirelessly here in his first stint and has grown as a coach and recruiter during his time away. He has a great work ethic and cares deeply about the Greyhounds. I know that Kevin will pour everything he has into building the best program for his alma mater.”
Farrell has been an assistant coach at a pair of NCAA Division II schools since leaving Loyola, working at Belmont-Abbey College outside Charlotte in 2021-22 before moving to Metropolitan State University of Denver for the last two years.
In his first year as an assistant coach, Farrell helped the Crusaders finish with a 22-10 overall record, a Conference Carolinas title and trip to the NCAA Division II National Championships.
He mentored 2020-21 Conference Carolinas Freshman of the Year Chandler Baker who has since moved on to the Patriot League and will be a fourth-year player at Colgate University in 2024-25.
After that season, Farrell moved to the Mountain Time Zone where he was an assistant coach at MSU-Denver. He was part of a quick rebuild in the Mile High City that saw the Roadrunners go 12-17 in 2022-23 and finish seventh in the nationally renowned Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference to posting a 19-10 overall mark and 13-9 league record in 2023-24.
A pair of Roadrunners – Brayden Maldonado and Caleb McGill were named to the All-RMAC First Team after the 2023-24 season, and another pair, Mario Lacy, Jr., and K.J. Garrett earned All-RMAC Honorable Mention. Another four, including Maldonado and McGill, were named to the Academic All-RMAC Team.
During his tenure at Loyola, Farrell was involved in every facet of the Greyhounds program, including game preparation, player development, recruiting, scouting, scheduling, academics and operations. He was a manager on the 2012 NCAA Tournament team, and he was the director of operations for a pair of teams that went ot the College Insider Tournament (CIT) and the College Basketball Invitational (CBI).
Farrell worked with three of the 10 players in Loyola history to score more than 1,500 points – Dylon Cormier, Andre Walker and Andrew Kostecka – two of the four three rebounders – Cam Gregory and Golden Dike – and all but one of the 10 Loyola players to earn All-Patriot League honors since 2013-14 – Dylon Cormier (2014), Andre Walker (2015-17), Jarred Jones (2017), Andrew Kostecka (2019-20), Santi Aldama (2021) and Cam Spencer (2022). He graduated from Loyola with a Bachelor of Business Administration in 2012.
