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 (). Loyola (Chicago) head basketball coach Farmer 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 to rival University of Illinois Chicago. For his efforts, Farmer was lauded with Horizon League Coach of the Year honors by CollegeInsider.com. Loyola under Farmer was the only team to defeat each of the top three teams in the Horizon League in 2001–02 (Butler, Detroit and Wisconsin-Milwaukee). During the 2001 season, Farmer got the Ramblers off to a 6–0 Horizon League start, the best in school history. Other coaching jobs Farmer has also coached at the professional level serving as head coach of the Qadsia Sporting Club in Kuwait (1988–90) and as an assistant with the NBA's Golden State Warriors (1990–91). He also served as a coach for the Kuwaiti National Team from 1992–97. His college coaching experience also includes a stint as an assistant at Rhode Island (1997–98), where he helped the Rams reach the Elite Eight. He spent three years on the bench at the University of Hawai'i under Bob Nash from 2007–10. Farmer spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Western Michigan from 2010–12. In the 2012 season, Farmer was the director of player development for men's basketball at North Carolina State. Farmer and NC State head coach Mark Gottfried were both UCLA assistant coaches. He returned to the WMU staff for the 2013 season and retired after the 2017–18 season. Head coaching record References External links Western Michigan profile 1951 births Living people African-American basketball coaches African-American basketball players Cleveland Cavaliers draft picks College basketball announcers in the United States College men's basketball head coaches in the United States Golden State Warriors assistant coaches Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball coaches Loyola Ramblers men's basketball coaches Rhode Island Rams men's basketball coaches UCLA Bruins men's basketball coaches UCLA Bruins men's basketball players Weber State Wildcats men's basketball coaches Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball coaches Place of birth missing (living people) American men's basketball players 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American sportspeople