Chris Farr

Last College: CS Hayward, 1996 Position: Assistant Coach Experience: 3rd Season

Overall: 21st Season

LMU Head Men's Basketball Coach Max Good has named Chris Farr as an assistant coach, filling the coaching staff for the Lions heading into the 2009-10 season. Farr has over 18 years of coaching and training experience and was most recently with USF.

Farr, who coached three seasons at USF (2005-08) comes to LMU with coaching and training experience for professional, college and high school basketball players. Most recently, Farr was a personal workout coach conducting individual conditioning and skills development workouts for NBA and college basketball players. He also was a clinic leader managing summer basketball camps in South Africa.

Farr will be heavily involved in player development for the Lions and in recruiting. Farr helped land some of the league's best players while at USF, including two-time All-WCC selection and 1,000-point scorer Dior Lowhorn.

"We are really excited to have Chris joining our staff," said Head Coach Max Good. "He is very well known as a recruiter in California and his experience in coaching basketball world wide will be a very valuable addition to our staff. His ability to develop players has been really an asset where ever he has been. He really will help our players improve and get better as they progress from year-to-year."

From 1999 through 2002, Farr was with the men's basketball program at Fresno State. As assistant basketball coach, he was involved in recruiting, scouting, as well as conditioning and skills development. Prior to taking over the assistant coaching duties, Farr was an administrative assistant responsible for film exchange and monitoring the academic and athletic progress of players.

Farr coached for Contra Costa College in San Pablo, CA for over 10 years before joining FSU. He served as an assistant and also interim head coach. As interim head coach, he led the team to the 1999 State playoffs.

While at Contra Costa College, Farr finished his degree at Cal State Hayward (now Cal State East Bay). He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Speach Communication in 1996.

As a student-athlete, Farr was team captain of the men's basketball team at Sacramento State, where he led the team in assists (1986 to 1988) and steals (1987). He also captained Contra Costa College where he made all-league first team and again led the team in steals and assists. For the 1983 - 1984 season, Farr played for Oxnard Community College where he was named all-WSC.