Farris is in her first season on Texas State women's basketball's staff after joining in April of 2025.
Prior to her time with the Bobcats, she was the Assistant Head Coach at Southern Miss for two years after a three-year stint on the Stetson Hatters coaching staff. In her time with the Golden Eagles, Farris oversaw the team's academics which, under her leadership, the team achieved the highest team GPA in Southern Miss program history. Farris was also recently added to the Louisiana High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame as both a competitor and coach.
Prior to her time at Stetson, Farris coached at John Curtis Christian School in River Ridge, La. In her time with the Lady Patriots she posted a 291-64 mark and five state championships over 10 years.
Farris also worked with the WNBA's New York Liberty from 2018-19 and 2012-14 as an assistant coach along with a two-year span as the WNBA's player liaison to the National Basketball Retired Players Association from 2016-17.
Her time in the WNBA's coaching ranks stems from her past in the ranks of the WNBA's players, beginning in 1998 when the American Basketball League's New England Blizzard selected her with the third overall pick. Farris played half a season with the Blizzard before the ABL folded during the 1998-99 season. The Detroit Shock then called Farris up to the WNBA the 2000 season, the first of 10 seasons in the league. Over 10 seasons, she tallied 1,094 points, 777 rebounds, 160 assists, 103 steals and 32 blocks in 280 games. She has a career field goal percentage of 43.3 percent and a career free throw percentage of 68.2 percent. Farris reached the playoffs five times and from 2000-08 she played for a variety of FIBA and International teams.
Before her 12-year professional career, Farris became a standout center for the Lisa Stockton at Tulane. In four years, Farris earned All-Conference honors in each season, including first team All-Metro honors in 1994-95, first team All-Conference USA honors in 1996-97 and second team All-Conference honors in 1995-96 and 1997-98.  She also received Rookie of the Year her first season and a spot on the All-Metro Rookie Team. She also earned a position on the All-Metro Tournament Team. Tulane made the 1994-95 NCAA Tournament, the first in school history.
In her Tulane career, Farris scored 1,729 points – the sixth most by any player in Green Wave history – as well as 939 rebounds, 105 assists, 47 blocks, 144 steals, 660 field goals and 408 free throws. Her career field goal percentage of 63.7 (660-of-1,036) is the best mark by any Tulane player in the program's history. Her 14.7 points and 9.0 rebounds per game are eighth and fourth all-time on the Green Wave's career charts. Tulane inducted Farris into their Hall of Fame in 2004.
She earned a spot in the Saint Martin's Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame in 2011 and received an additional Hall of Fame nod in 2015 as a member of the 1993 championship team which finished with an undefeated 36-0 record.
In 2017, Farris earned a spot in the Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame for her success at every level of basketball and dedication to her community.
