Waleed Farid took over as head coach of the New York University men's basketball team in June 2025.
Farid came to NYU with a great deal of head coaching experience at the NCAA Division III level. He spent the previous four seasons leading Ithaca College, with his teams posting an overall 66-40 (.622) record, including a 47-25 (.652) mark in the Liberty League.
The Bombers won the Liberty League title in 2024-25, advanced to the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament and Farid was named D3hoops.com Region 3 Coach of the Year.
In 2022-23, he led the Bombers to their first-ever Liberty League regular-season championship.
Prior to his time at Ithaca, Farid spent five seasons as the head coach at Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY. His teams won 49 games during that span (the Hawks only played one game during his final season in 2020-21 due to Covid), including a 16-9 mark in his first season (2016-17). Off the court, Hartwick achieved tremendous success in the classroom, earning the NABC Team Academic Excellence Award for the first time in school history in 2019-20.
A 2008 Stevens graduate with a bachelor's degree in Business and Technology, Farid played for the Ducks and helped lead the squad to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament in 2007 and to the program's first-ever ECAC Metro title in 2008. He graduated as the program's career leader in points, rebounds and steals, and still sits top-10 in several career categories.
A three-time All-Conference selection, Farid earned NABC All-Atlantic District and All-Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association honors in 2006-07 and 2007-08. He went on to serve as an assistant coach at his alma mater for seven years, helping the Ducks to a 127-67 record, an ECAC Metro Championship in 2011, and an at-large berth into the 2013 NCAA Tournament.
Farid, who also played professionally for Alexandria Sporting Club in Egypt during the 2008-09 season, is a native of Queens, NY.
Head Coaching Record at Ithaca
Year Overall Record Liberty League
2024-25 19-10 13-5 NCAA Second Round (Liberty League Champions)
2023-24 12-13 7-11
2022-23 18-8 14-4
2021-22 17-9 13-5
TOTALS 66-40 (.622) 47-25 (.652)
Head Coaching Record at Hartwick
Year Overall Record Empire 8
2020-21 1-0 (Covid) 0-0
2019-20 14-11 6-8
2018-19 10-15 6-10
2017-18 9-16 6-10
2016-17 16-9 9-7
TOTALS 50-51 (.495) 27-35 (.435)
Overall DIII Head Coach Record: 116-91 (.560)
