Little Rock Director of Athletics George Lee announced Kelly Farrell as the new head coach of the Trojan soccer program on May 10, 2022. Farrell becomes the eighth head coach in program history as she will guide the Little Rock soccer program into the new era of the Ohio Valley Conference beginning in 2022.

Farrell comes to Little Rock after spending the past five seasons at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, including the past three seasons as the Mavericks’ associate head coach. In her five seasons at Omaha, Farrell has helped guide UNO to back-to-back third-place Summit League finishes, advancing to the conference tournament in three of the last four seasons.

During her five years at Omaha, Farrell helped guide 19 Mavericks to All-Summit League honors, including a pair of major award accolades. Academics was also a focus for Omaha as well as the Mavericks were named to the United Coaches Team Academic Award in three-straight seasons.

Prior to her time at Omaha, Farrell spent time at UAB, Georgia Southern and Monmouth. Farrell was the associate head coach at UAB in 2016 after spending three seasons in Statesboro and two at Monmouth.

An alum of Loyola (Maryland), Farrell got her start in coaching there as director of operations following a stellar collegiate career. A two-time team captain, Farrell was a four-time All-Metro Athletic Conference (MAAC) performer for the Greyhounds, including a first team all-conference selection as a senior.

During her playing career at Loyola, Farrell played in 78 games with 66 career starts, including each game of her final three seasons. She tallied 10 goal and 15 assists for the Greyhounds during her career. Her 15 assists is tied for fifth all-time in program history while her five game-winning goals is tied for ninth all-time, as she also ended her career sixth in shots attempted (168) and tied for sixth in shots on goal (72).

A native of Oceanside, New York, Farrell earned her degree in communications from Loyola in 2011 following a standout prep career at Oceanside High School where she earned 11 varsity letters in soccer, track and field and lacrosse.

Farrell holds a United States Soccer Federation (USSF) “B” coaching license and was named to the 2014-15 NSCAA 30-under-30 coaching program.