University of Arkansas Little Rock

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Jack Stephens Ctr - 2801 S. University Ave. Little Rock, AR 72204

Division 1 Arkansas South

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Kelly Farrell

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.

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Michael O’Hare

Michael O’Hare joined the Little Rock soccer program as an assistant coach in 2022.

O’Hare comes to Little Rock in the 2022 season after serving two years as an assistant coach for Sam Houston State in Huntsville, Texas. Hired prior to the 2020 season, O’Hare helped lead the Bearkats to the Southland Conference Tournament finals in his first year as an assistant coach. This run produced three all-tournament players in Brooke Jones, Courtney Pawlik and Dani Forsyth with Brooke Jones also gaining all-conference honors.

In 2021, O’Hare helped coach the team to the conference tournament again this time in the WAC by finishing 6-4 in conference and taking 3rd in the west division. In this season Abby Delozier won a keeper of the week award for the WAC and goalkeeper Tatum Krueger had the second highest save percentage in the WAC at 85.7%.

Prior to Sam Houston State, O’Hare spent three seasons as a volunteer assistant at Oklahoma State where he helped the Cowgirls’ win Big 12 regular season championships in both 2017 and 2019, picking up 16 wins in both seasons with O’Hare on the staff. The Cowgirls' program was also recognized as having the 2019 United Soccer Coaches Midwest Staff of the Year.

O'Hare holds national "A," "B," "C," "D" and "E" licenses from the United States Soccer Federation and Goalkeeping Level I-III licenses from the National Coaches Association of America. He also is an Olympic Development Program Region III Staff coach.

A six-year member of the coaching staff at Stillwater High School, O'Hare helped lead the Pioneers to four state tournament appearances, including a Class 6A state runner-up finish in 2017. He served as an Oklahoma High School All-State coach in 2011 and 2016.

A native of Oklahoma City, O'Hare graduated from Oklahoma State with a psychology degree in May 2015. He is also a graduate of Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School where he played on three district championship teams and a state title winner as a prep and was named an all-state goalkeeper in 2010.