Dan Farrell

Born1937
Barrie, Ontario, Canada

AlmamaterMichigan Technological University

1955–1956Hamilton Tiger Cubs

1957–1960Michigan Tech

Dan Farrell
Biographical details
Farrell from 1976 Michiganensian
Born	1937 Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater	Michigan Technological University
Playing career
1955–1956	Hamilton Tiger Cubs
1957–1960	Michigan Tech

Position(s)	Wing
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1967–1973	Michigan Tech (assistant)
1973–1980	Michigan
1986–1988	Oshawa Generals (assistant)

Head coaching record
Overall	135–133–6 (.504)
Tournaments	2–1 (.667)

Daniel Farrell (born 1937) is a former ice hockey player and coach. He played for the Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey team from 1957-1960 and was the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team from 1973 to 1980. Farrell later had a career in the financial services and mineral resources industries. He is currently an officer and director of Copper Ridge Explorations, Inc.

Farrell was born and raised in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, graduating from Barrie's St. Joseph's High School in 1954. He played hockey for the Hamilton Tiger Cubs from 1955-1956.^[1]

Michigan Tech

He attended Michigan Technological University, where he played forward for Coach John MacInnes' Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey team from 1957-1960.^[1]^[2] He was an assistant hockey coach at Michigan Tech from approximately 1968 to 1973. He led the Michigan Tech junior-varsity teams to a 38-13-1 record in three years.^[2]

University of Michigan

In February 1973, Farrell was hired to replace Al Renfrew as the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team.^[2] He was the head coach at Michigan for seven years from 1973 to 1980. At Michigan, Farrell compiled a record of 135-129-6.^[3] Farrell's 1973-1974 team was the first to play at the team's new home in Yost Ice Arena.^[4] His best season as the head coach at Michigan was 1976-1977 when the team compiled a record of 28-17-0 (.622) and advanced to the NCAA hockey tournament.^[5]^[6]^[7] The team reached its nadir under Farrell in the 1978-1979 season with a record of 8-27-1, but rebounded in 1979-1980 with a 23-13-2 record.^[5] Despite the rebound, Farrell resigned as Michigan's head coach in March 1980.^[8] He was replaced the following month by Wilf Martin, who played on Michigan's 1964 national championship team.^[9] Martin lasted less than eight months before he, too, resigned.^[10]

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Michigan Wolverines (WCHA / Big Ten †) (1973–1980)
1973–74	Michigan	18–17–1	12–15–1 / 5–6–1	7th / t-3rd	WCHA First Round
1974–75	Michigan	22–17–1	17–15–0 / 6–6–0	6th / t-2nd	WCHA Second Round
1975–76	Michigan	21–18–0	17–15–0 / 8–4–0	4th / 2nd	WCHA Second Round
1976–77	Michigan	28–17–0	20–12–0 / 7–5–0	3rd / 2nd	NCAA Runner-Up
1977–78	Michigan	15–20–1	12–19–1 / 6–5–1	t-7th / 2nd
1978–79	Michigan	8–27–1	6–25–1 / 3–9–0	10th / t-3rd
1979–80	Michigan	23–17–2	13–11–2 / 7–5–0	4th / 2nd	WCHA First Round
Michigan:		135–133–6	97–112–5 / 42–40–2
Total:		135–133–6
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

v t e Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey
Venues	Weinberg Coliseum (1914–1973) Yost Ice Arena (1973–present)
Coaches	Joseph Barss (1922–27) Eddie Lowrey (1927–44) Vic Heyliger (1944–57) Al Renfrew (1957–73) Dan Farrell (1973–80) Wilf Martin (1980) John Giordano (1980–84) Red Berenson (1984–2017) Mel Pearson (2017–2022) Brandon Naurato (2022–present)
Seasons	1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	MCHA/WIHL/WCHA (1951–1958, 1959–1981) CCHA (1981–2013) Big Ten (1958–1981, 2013–present)
Rivalries	Michigan State Minnesota Notre Dame
Culture & lore	Great Lakes Invitational The Big Chill at the Big House Cold War Faceoff on the Lake
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Brendan Morrison (284 Points) Denny Felsner (139 Goals) Marty Turco (127 Wins)
National championships	1948 1951 1952 1953 1955 1956 1964 1996 1998
Frozen Four appearances	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1962 1964 1977 1992 1993 1995 1996 1997 1998 2001 2002 2003 2008 2011 2018 2022 2023 2024
NCAA Tournament appearances	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1962 1964 1977 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2016 2018 2021 2022 2023 2024
Conference Tournament titles	CCHA: 1994 1996 1997 1999 2002 2003 2005 2008 2010 Big Ten: 2016 2022 2023
Hobey Baker winners	Brendan Morrison (1997) Kevin Porter (2008) Adam Fantilli (2023)
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI

Michigan Tech

University of Michigan

Business career

Head coaching record

References

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