10/15/05– FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

JAGUAR MEN'S BASKETBALL ADDS ASSISTANT COACH
C. DAVID FARRAR ADDED TO 2005-2006 STAFF

CONTACT: Kit Strief

MOBILE, Ala. – University of South Alabama head men’s basketball coach John Pelphrey announced the hiring of C. David Farrar as assistant coach on Friday.

“I am very excited about David Farrar joining our basketball family and coaching staff,” Pelphrey said. “Coach Farrar is a very talented basketball coach who has been very successful at a lot of different levels. He will be a valuable asset to our program.”

Farrar, who is no stranger to the Sun Belt Conference and Division I basketball, served a combined seven seasons in the Sun Belt Conference. Farrar was an assistant coach under Clem Haskins for two seasons at Western Kentucky from 1984-86. The Hilltoppers recorded a 23-8 record in 1985-86 and a second round NCAA finish. It was the first tournament appearance for the Hilltoppers since the 1980-81 season.

Farrar also was head coach at Middle Tennessee from 1991-96. For his career, Farrar has 349 coaching victories in 17 years of head coaching and 110 in Division I in eight seasons.

Prior to WKU, Farrar was at Mississippi State as an assistant coach for five seasons from 1979-1984, under Jim Hattfield (1979-81) and Bob Boyd (1981-84).

It was a highly successful junior college career that launched Farrar into the Division I ranks. He built a 137-33 record in five year at Hutchinson (Kan.) Junior College. Included in that run is the 1988 National Junior College Championship team, which compiled a 37-2 record and brought Farrar national and regional recognition as coach of the year. He was chosen as NJCAA and Kodak National Coach of the Year in 1988 and was the Region VI NJCAA Coach of the Year in 1987 and 1988.

Most recently, Farrar was the head coach at the University of Idaho from 1997-2001. He was elevated from associate head coach in 1996, to head coach to begin the 1997-98 season.

Farrar is the President and CEO of Farrar & Associates, a consulting firm for athletics in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

His coaching career began at Lindsay Wilson College in Columbia, Ky., where he had 102 victories and the 1977 Kentucky Junior College Athletic Association Championship. He also was the Athletic Director.

Farrar is a native of Indianapolis, Ind., and earned his bachelor’s degree in education from Anderson College in 1969. He earned his master’s degree in education from Ball State University in 1972.

Farrar joins current assistant coaches Tom Ostrom, Isaac Brown and Matt Figger on Pelphrey’s staff. Pelphrey begins his fourth year at the helm of the Jaguar program.

“It is exciting to be an active part of something as special as Coach Pelphrey’s USA team,” Farrar said. “It is a great opportunity to be a part of the growth and enthusiasm of this group.”