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For the basketball player, see Dick Farley (basketball).
Dick Farley Sport(s) Football, track and field Biographical details Born May 30, 1946 Place of birth Danvers, Massachusetts Playing career 1967
1968–1968Boston University
San Diego ChargersPosition(s) Defensive back Coaching career (HC unless noted) Football
1972–1986
1987–2003
Track and field
1972–1987
1987–present
Williams (assistant)
Williams
Williams
Williams (assistant)Head coaching record Overall 114–19–3 (football) College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 2006 (profile)Richard Joseph Farley (born May 30, 1946) is a former American football player and coach and active track and field coach. He served as the head football coach at Williams College from 1987 to 2003, compiling a record of 114–19–3. Farley was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2006.[1]
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Playing career
Farley was an All-America defensive back for Boston University, where he was captain of the football and track and field teams and graduated in 1968. He spent two years playing for the San Diego Chargers of the American Football League before moving on to coaching.
Coaching career
Farley has coached at Williams College since 1972. From 1972 to 1987, he was head coach of the track and field team. In 1987, he gave up these duties to become head coach of the football team, a post he held for 17 years before moving back to coaching track and field full time. During that span, he recorded a career record of 114–19–3 (.849) that ranks as the sixth best in college football history. His teams regularly dominated the NESCAC and recorded five perfect seasons, including a 23-game winning streak that until 2005 was the longest in Division III history.
Farley is currently an assistant coach for the men's and women's track and field teams at Williams.
See also
- Other American Football League players Although, he was bested in a backpedaling race by freshman Brian "BEAR" Benedict, Williams class of 1981.
References
External links
- Dick Farley at the College Football Hall of Fame
- Dick Farley at Pro-Football-Reference.com
Williams Ephs head football coaches Samuel B. Newton (1907–1909) • Fred Daly (1914–1915) • Mysterious Walker (1917) • No team (1918) • Joseph W. Brooks (1919–1920) • Percy L. Wendell (1921–1924) • Douglas Lawson (1925–1927) • Charlie Caldwell (1928–1942) • No team (1943–1945) • A. Barr Snively (1946–1947) • Len Watters (1948–1962) • Frank Navarro (1963–1967) • Larry Catuzzi (1968–1970) • Al Jacks (1971) • Bob Odell (1971–1986) • Dick Farley (1987–2003) • Mike Whalen (2004–2009) • Aaron Kelton (2010– )
Categories:- 1946 births
- Living people
- American football defensive backs
- Boston University Terriers football players
- Boston University alumni
- San Diego Chargers (AFL) players
- Williams Ephs football coaches
- College Football Hall of Fame inductees
- People from Danvers, Massachusetts
- College football coaches first appointed in the 1970s stubs
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