Larry Farmer (born January 31, 1951) is an American basketball coach and former player. Farmer served as the head basketball coach at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 1981 to 1984, Weber State University from 1985 to 1988, and Loyola University Chicago from 1998 to 2004. He played college basketball at UCLA, where he was a member of three national championships-winning teams for the UCLA Bruins under head coach John Wooden in the early 1970s. In 2018, Farmer was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame. High school career Farmer played high school basketball at Manual High School in Denver, Colorado, from 1966 to 1969. He nearly quit the sport as a sophomore, but as a senior he helped the Thunderbolts reach the state championship game and was named First Team Denver Post All-State. During his senior campaign he was named First Team All-State, All-Metropolitan and All-City by both the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post newspaper. In January 2017, Farmer was inducted into the Colorado High School Activities Association's Hall of Fame. College career 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 was the only player that participated in all the games for the UCLA teams that went 89–1 (), the best winning percentage in NCAA men's basketball history. Coaching career Farmer was drafted by both the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Denver Nuggets of the American Basketball Association (ABA). He did not play, but instead returned to UCLA to where he was an assistant basketball coach under Wooden, Gene Bartow Gary Cunningham, and Larry Brown from 1973 to 1981. His stint was interrupted in 1974–75, when Farmer played professionally for ADB Koblenz in the German Basketball Bundesliga. When Brown resigned prior to the 1981–82 season, Farmer was elevated to head coach of the UCLA basketball team. While Farmer was an assistant at UCLA under Brown in 1979, he made a TV appearance in The White Shadow and a movie appearance in Fast Break as player named Benton. UCLA head basketball coach Farmer was the head coach of the University of California, Los Angeles from 1981 to 1984, guiding them to a 61–23 () record. Weber State basketball coach In 1985, Farmer became the head coach