Larry Farmer (born 1951) is an American college basketball coach currently director of player development for men's basketball at North Carolina State. He was an assistant coach for the Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball team for two years. He was the head coach of the University of California, Los Angeles from 1981 to 1984, guiding them to a 61–23 record. In 1985, Farmer became the head coach for Weber State University and was the successor to Neil McCarthy. Farmer coached Weber for three seasons (1985–88) and compiled a record of 34–54.
Larry Farmer also coached at Loyola University Chicago from 1998 to 2004. Farmer had a 30–51 record over his first three seasons before finally breaking through in 2001. In that year, Farmer compiled a 17–13 record, 9–7 in the Horizon League. Farmer took the Ramblers to the brink of the NCAA Tournament before losing a heartbreaker to rival University of Illinois Chicago. Farmer did not have much success after that and struggled through his last two seasons with the Ramblers.
Farmer has served as an assistant coach at the University of Hawaii under Bob Nash.
Farmer played at UCLA during the early 1970s under legendary coach John Wooden. He was a teammate of Bill Walton during the era when the Bruins won seven consecutive NCAA men's titles. He played for UCLA teams that went 89–1 (.989), the best winning percentage in NCAA men's basketball history, making him and teammate Larry Hollyfield as the only players with such a record.
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