Larry Farmer – formerly an assistant coach at MIT and a graduate assistant at Boston College – enters his third season as an assistant coach on the Harvard University men’s basketball staff in 2024-25.
Harvard posted a 14-13 overall record in 2023-24, standing as the 14th time in the last 15 competitive seasons that the Crimson notched a record of .500 or better. Farmer coached Malik Mack ’27 to Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors. Prior to the academic year, the Crimson took part in a comprehensive experience during a foreign tour of Canada in August 2023.
In 2022-23, Farmer helped the Crimson post a 14-14 overall record, marking the 13th time in the last 14 competitive seasons that Harvard has tallied a record of .500 or better. Farmer coached Chris Ledlum ’23, who earned First Team All-Ivy honors unanimously, while also capturing NABC All-District and USBWA All-District accolades.
Farmer served as an assistant coach with the MIT men’s basketball program for five seasons from 2017-22. He helped the Engineers make back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances in 2018 and 2019, reaching the Elite Eight in 2018 and the second round in 2019. MIT posted a 25-6 record during the 2017-18 season and a 23-5 mark during the 2018-19 campaign.
Prior to joining MIT, Farmer was a graduate assistant with the Boston College men’s basketball team from 2015-17.
As a student-athlete at Denison University from 2007-12, Farmer was a three-year starter and team captain, garnering two NCAC All-League honors. Farmer finished his career as a member of the 1,000-point club and ranks 15th in school history in scoring (1,137), first in games played (112), and second in steals (132).
Farmer earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry from Denison in 2012 and received his MBA from Boston College’s Carroll Graduate School of Management in 2017.
Farmer is the son of Larry Farmer, Jr., who won three national championships at UCLA (1970-73) under legendary coach John Wooden, later became head coach of the Bruins from 1981-84, and is now a member of the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame.
