Marshall – Colleagues say he is one of the best high school football coaches in Michigan.
And now Scott Farley will be coaching football at Marshall High School.
Farley, already inducted into the Michigan High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame, has been named Marshall University's new varsity football coach.
“Marshall has been fortunate to be able to attract multiple quality candidates to this position,” said Marshall Athletic Director Nick Dent. “His proven success as an educator and educator made him by far the most attractive candidate.” “We are very excited to welcome Scott to take our program in a new direction.”
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Farley was inducted into the MHSFCA Hall of Fame in 2016 after serving as head coach at Heartland, Leslie and Jackson. He has been a head coach for 29 seasons in high school football, twice taking over losing football programs at Leslie and Jackson and turning them around to the best seasons in school history at both schools. Ta.
His best years came at Lesley University, where he led the team to the state semifinals in 2007 and the state finals in 2008.
Farley was asked by his fellow coaches what it means to be recognized for the Hall of Fame.
“Mostly it’s just me getting older,” Farley, 59, said with a laugh. “But it was an honor. It validates the fact that you've been doing things the right way for a long time.”
Farley last coached at Jackson State in 2021. Farley currently serves as the Parma Western Athletic Director, but he felt his desire to return to coaching and was eager to join the Marshall program.
“I thought I had reached my limit as a coach, so I took the AD job at Parma Western,” Farley said. “But at the end of the day, I'm a coach. I missed the close interaction with the players and student-athletes. I felt a strong need to return to coaching.”
Farley replaces former Marshall coach Bill Dreyer, who coached the Redhawks for five seasons. Marshall went 2-7 in the fall and had only one winning season (2019) since 2015.
“Marshall has struggled in recent years, but it's really a football town,” Farley said. “We haven't had a lot of success lately, but we have a great program and a strong desire to be successful and we believe we can do it.
“My strength is building a team culture and a team environment and assembling a really high-quality coaching staff. I think we can do that and show improvement as a program from the get-go.”
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