Coaching Staff: Heather Farlow

Head Coach, Field Hockey

Heather Farlow came to Dallas in 2001 as the head coach for the Greenhill field hockey program. She played field hockey at Rutgers University from 1993-1997, where she earned her degree in Public Health in 1998. She followed her bachelor’s degree at Rutgers with a master’s degree in 2001.

Coach Farlow began coaching in 1994 as an assistant coach for the Competitor’s Edge field hockey camp, where she continued to work with the program through 1997. She has also served as a camp coach for Wake Forest University, University of Delaware, and University of New Hampshire. Coach Farlow assisted the Rutgers field hockey program in 1998 as a graduate assistant.

In 2000, Coach Farlow started working with the United States Field Hockey Association as an assistant coach for the Olympic Development Program. In 2001, she was named as a head coach for the USFHA Olympic Development Program in New Jersey. She continued working with the USFHA program after moving to Dallas, assuming the head coaching position for the Dallas/Fort Worth site.  While serving in this capacity, she adapted curriculum for U-19, U-16, and U-14 field hockey players, and assisted in the selection of players for national tournaments and camps.  After assuming additional responsibilities at Greenhill, Coach Farlow returned to coaching at the Olympic Development level in 2006, focusing mainly on the U 14 level.  She has coached at Super Camp, the National Futures Tournament, and the Field Hockey Festival.   

During her tenure at Greenhill, Coach Farlow has also taken advantage of professional development opportunities such as attending the Futures Coaching Certification course in 2003 and 2005, the Greg Gephart Clinic in 2004 and 2006, and most recently she traveled to Argentina this past summer, with Zag Field Hockey, an international field hockey and event touring company.  While in Argentina, she assisted with the coaching of a team of players from the United States, interacted with current and former Argentine Olympians, and observed them coach.