Brendan Farrell

Biography

With more than 20 years of experience coaching special teams at the college and National Football League levels, Brendan Farrell joined Georgia Tech's staff as senior strategist for special teams and game management in 2025. Farrell most recently spent five seasons (2019-23) as assistant special teams coach for the Miami Dolphins. From 2020-22, Miami was one of only two NFL teams to block at least one punt in three-straight seasons and, in 2019, the Dolphins scored a touchdown against the Philadelphia Eagles on a fake field goal that was named the NFL Play of the Year at the annual NFL Honors ceremony. During his time in Miami, he helped lead the Dolphins to four-straight winning seasons (2020-23) for the first time since 2000-03 and to consecutive playoff berths (2022-23) for the first time since 2000-01. Prior to his five-season stint with the Dolphins, Farrell spent six seasons as a special teams analyst at Alabama (2013-18), where he worked with Georgia Tech head coach Brent Key for three seasons (2016-18), when Key served as the Crimson Tide's offensive line coach. In Farrell's six seasons at Alabama, the Crimson Tide had one of the top special teams units in the nation. Alabama led the country in special teams touchdowns in 2015 (six) and in net punting average in 2013 (42.4 avg.) and 2014 (44.7), and topped the Southeastern Conference in total special teams metrics in 2013 and 2018. Before joining the staff at Alabama, Farrell was assistant head coach/special teams coo