Head Coach Pat Farmer
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Phone: (315) 443-5859
Email: pwfarmer@syr.edu
Patrick Farmer has served as the head coach of the Syracuse women's soccer program for three seasons. Farmer has compiled a record of 16-33-9 with the Orange.
A two-time national coach of the year honoree, Patrick Farmer, took the reigns the Orange women’s soccer program in April 2003 looking to do what has always done -- produce national contenders. Farmer has turned program’s into perennial powers at every stop in his coaching career, including producing two national championship winning teams at Division III Ithaca and building Penn State, a school that had no women’s soccer program prior to Farmer’s arrival, into a national title contender. During his career, Farmer also spent a season at Tennessee Tech and spent two seasons as the head coach of the New York Power in the Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA). His experience, both professionally and at the college level makes him one of the most-respected women’s soccer coaches in the country.
In 17 seasons as a collegiate head coach, Farmer has accumulated a 254-89-36 (.719) record. He enters the 2006 campaign tied as the 10th winningest coach (by victories) among NCAA women’s soccer coaches (all divisions).
Appointed at Ithaca in 1987, he immediately guided the program to its first NCAA Division III playoff appearance. By his second season the team was starting a stretch of four consecutive trips to the NCAA semifinals. Farmer was named the 1989 National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Division III National Coach of the Year. In 1990 and 1991, Ithaca won the Division III national championship. The Bombers made two more trips into the NCAA Tournament under Farmer before he completed his seven-year tenure with a 110-23-23 (.779) record and seven straight appearances in the NCAA postseason. His Ithaca teams produced eight All-American and Farmer was inducted into the Ithaca College Sports Hall of Fame in 1998.
After his stint with Ithaca, Farmer was hired to start the women’s soccer program at Penn State in 1994. After one season, he guided the Nittany Lions into the NCAA Division I Tournament. Penn State reached the national quarterfinals for the first of three consecutive campaigns in 1998 and then, in 1999, advanced to the semifinals before losing to eventual national champion North Carolina. Farmer was the NSCAA Division I Coach of the Year for his performance. Overall, his club’s record in his seven seasons was 123-34-8 (.770) and included six consecutive NCAA Tournament invitations and the three straight Big Ten Championships (1998, 1999, 2000. Five of his players received All-America recognition during his time with the Nittany Lions.
He moved into the professional ranks in 2001 as head coach of the New York Power in the Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA). Farmer led the Power to a third-place finish and the playoff semifinals in 2001.
Farmer returned to the collegiate level with his appointment at Tennessee Tech in 2003. The Golden Eagles were 9-11 that season.
He owns a United States Soccer Federation (USSF) ‘A’ license and a NSCAA “Premier’ diploma, as well as an English FA ‘Prelim’ badge. He has served as a member of the Region I Olympic Development Program Staff for 16 years, including the last 12 as a senior staff member with head or assistant coaching assignments.
A native of Old Forge, N.Y., Farmer earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at St. Lawrence in 1974 and 1976, respectively. He was an assistant and later head men’s ski coach and an assistant women’s soccer coach at St. Lawrence. The Saints’ soccer squad was 13-2-3.
From 1976 through 1987, he was the women’s soccer coach and ski coach at the Town of Webb High School. His soccer teams were 106-27-13, captured six league titles and won three sectional championships.
Farmer has two children – Courtney and Cord – who reside in Liverpool and Manlius, respectively.
