Mike Farrelly

Biography

Mike Farrelly (pronounced FAIR-uh-lee) rejoined Micah Shrewsberry's staff (previously with him at Penn State) and now enters year three roaming the Irish sidelines for the 2025-26 season. Farrelly primarily works with Notre Dame's frontcourt. Notre Dame's frontcourt have made great strides over the guidance of Farrelly. Case in point, Tae Davis received several votes for ACC's Most Improved for the 2024-25 season. Davis averaged a career best 15.1 ppg, up from his 9.2 the year prior. Kebba Njie averaged 3.8 ppg over his first two seasons and jumped up to 6.1 as a junior. Farrelly was instrumental in the two-year turnaround that occurred in Happy Valley at Penn State. Prior to Penn State, Farrelly served eight years on the bench at Hofstra, which included a stint acting head coach for the 2020-21 season. Over Farrelly's last six years at Hofstra, the program averaged 20 wins per season, including a program-best 27 wins in 2018-19. He helped lead Hofstra to back-to-back CAA regular-season championships in 2019 and 2020. Prior to Hofstra, Farrelly spent two seasons at Niagara and the 2010-11 season as an assistant coach at Mount Saint Mary's. Before rejoining the collegiate coaching ranks, Farrelly served as the director of Hoop Group Elite from 2007-10. Originally from New City, New York, Farrelly played for three years under Phil Martelli at St. Joseph's and graduated with a degree in finance in 2003.