Heather Farrell

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SEASONS

• 2010-11 - Assistant Coach
• 2009-10 - Assistant Coach
• 2008-09 - Assistant Coach
• 2007-08 - Assistant Coach

Farrell spent the past summer working in camps and clinics across the country. She worked at the Shalloo Skills clinic in Arizona, the Breakaway Camp in Colorado, the Hamilton Camp in New York and the Quick Skills clinic in Minnesota.

Farrell comes to BSU after spending the 2006-07 season as the women’s hockey interim head coach at Bowdoin College where she led the Polar Bears to a 17-7-2 (.692) overall record and an 11-3-2 (.750) mark in the NESCAC. She also led her team to the conference semifinals, losing to Amherst 2-3 in overtime. Prior to her stint as the interim head coach, Farrell was an assistant coach at Bowdoin for two seasons, where she helped lead the Polar Bears to an overall record of 54-21-4 (.709) and a 38-7-3 (.823) mark in NESCAC competition. In 2004-05, her first season with the Polar Bears, the team went 20-5-1 and 15-1-0 in conference play.

In addition to women’s ice hockey interim head coaching duties, Farrell was responsible for organizing all recruiting efforts, was the assistant strength and conditioning coach and was the women’s golf head coach during the 2006 season.

During the 2005 year, Farrell oversaw events/game management at Bowdoin College were she gained the opportunity to be the NCAA Field Hockey Tournament Liaison in fall 2005.

Farrell also has extensive experience in coaching camps and clinics. She has been the assistant director of the Bowdoin Hockey Overnight Camp, the Director of the fall and spring Bowdoin Hockey Clinic, along with working numerous ice hockey camps and clinics over the past five years. She has worked camps at Ohio State University and the University of Connecticut, along with working the Moe Tarrant’s Cutting Edge Showcase, the Chicago Showcase and the USA Hockey New England Development Camp.

Farrell began her coaching venture in winter 2003 when she instructed mite level players in the fundamentals of hockey.

Farrell is a 2004 graduate of Ohio State University with a bachelor of science degree in education, a major in sport and leisure studies and a concentration in sport performance and coaching.

Farrell works with BSU’s defensemen and runs the strength and conditioning program for BSU’s women’s ice hockey program. She also serves as the travel coordinator and academic advisor.