LYNN FARQUHAR

LYNN FARQUHAR has taken over as head coach of the Syracuse University field hockey team. She returns to Syracuse as the head coach, after previously serving as an assistant coach for four seasons (2007-10) under former head coach Ange Bradley, who retired in December after 16 seasons guiding the Orange. Farquhar takes the reins of a program that has qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 13 of the last 16 seasons. For eight seasons, Farquhar led the Saint Joseph’s University field hockey program. Under her direction, the Hawks reached the NCAA Tournament four times and captured the Atlantic 10 Conference title in each of those seasons. Farquhar spent the last year as an assistant athletic director and head field hockey coach at George School in Newtown, Pennsylvania. Before taking over the program at Saint Joseph’s, she was the associate head coach at University of Delaware. Farquhar graduated from Old Dominion University in 2005, with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, marketing, alongside minors in sports management and graphic design.