Former Spring Valley head coach Quay Farr is congratulated by his wife Trissie and Viking athletic director Tim Hunter after the Vikings’ victory over Richland Northeast earlier this year. Spring Valley head football coach Quay Farr has tendered his resignation after three seasons where the Vikings went 3–30.

Farr told his team the news on Friday after the Vikings dropped a tough 7–6 game to Lancaster, and officially notified Spring Valley administrators today, November 9.

He will finish out his contract, which ends in June, and then pursue other coaching opportunities.

“It all came down to wins and losses,” Farr said. “Sometimes you take a job, and it works out, and sometimes it doesn’t.”

After Farr had mentioned resigning after a tough loss several weeks ago, Spring Valley’s administration tried to talk him out of that decision, but Farr said he felt that “It was time for someone new to step up.”

“This is totally my decision,” he said. “The administration was very upbeat and wanted me to stay, but this was the right thing to do.”

During Farr’s three– year stint, the Vikings suffered through a winless 2007 campaign and a single– victory season in 2008. This year, the team garnered two victories and seemed to be turning the corner in the state’s tough IV–AAAA region.

“The kids worked hard, the parents were supportive, and the staff was incredible,” Farr said. “The only thing that wasn’t great was Friday night.”

Farr said his staff assembled statistics on the past 33 games and found that 16 of the team’s losses were by seven points or less.

“We are so close,” he said. “I know someone will step in and take this team to another level.”

Farr said he is “out of the loop” as to his replacement and doesn’t know where he will land next. But, he emphasized, he wants it to be at the helm of another football team.

“I want to coach again,” he said. “I’m only 52–years–old, and I still have a passion for coaching.”

Farr said he feels very positive about his decision, and he and his wife, Trissie, are excited about the possibilities and the fact that his daughter will be able to graduate from Spring Valley.

“My daughter has been able to get an excellent education and finish out her high school career with all of her friends here,” he said. “Now Trissie and I are looking to see where this will take us next. We are very excited about the future.”