James A. Ferry Jr. (born July 9, 1967) is an American college basketball coach who is the current head coach of the UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team.[1] He formerly served as interim head coach for the 2020–2021 season at Penn State and the head men's basketball coach at Duquesne, Long Island, Adelphi, and Plymouth State.
Playing career
Ferry played one season at NYIT before transferring to Keene State College for his final three years where he led the Owls in scoring his junior year.[2]
Coaching career
After graduation, Ferry stayed on as an assistant coach with his alma mater for one season before joining Bentley as an assistant coach from 1991 to 1998. He'd accept his first head coaching job, a single season at Division III Plymouth State, guiding the Panthers to the 1999 Little East Conference regular season title.[2] Ferry moved on to Division II Adelphi, where he stayed for three seasons, making three consecutive NCAA tournament appearances, including two Elite Eights. He also guided the Panthers to 30-straight wins during the 2000–01 season.[2] In 2002, Ferry would be named the head coach at LIU Brooklyn, where he'd stay for 10 seasons, earning a pair of Northeast Conference regular season and tournament titles plus back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances in 2011 and 2012.[3]
Ferry would accept the head coaching position at Duquesne in 2012 where he'd coach for five seasons before being fired with a 60–97 overall record.[4][5] Ferry would subsequently join Pat Chambers' staff at Penn State in 2017 and was part of the program's 2018 NIT Championship squad.[6] Following the resignation of Chambers on October 21, 2020, Ferry was named interim head coach at Penn State for the remainder of the season, putting together an 11–14 record.[7] Ferry would not be retained by Penn State, which chose to hire Micah Shrewsberry as its permanent head coach.[8]
On April 12, 2021, Ferry was named the head coach at UMBC, replacing Ryan Odom who departed for the head coaching position at Utah State.[9]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Plymouth State Panthers (Little East Conference) (1998–1999) | |||||||||
| 1998–99 | Plymouth State | 22–8 | 11–3 | T–1st | ECAC Runner-up | ||||
| Plymouth State: | 22–8 (.733) | 11–3 (.786) | |||||||
| Adelphi Panthers (East Coast Conference) (1999–2002) | |||||||||
| 1999–00 | Adelphi | 23–7 | NCAA Division II Regional Final | ||||||
| 2000–01 | Adelphi | 31–1 | NCAA Division II Quarterfinal | ||||||
| 2001–02 | Adelphi | 28–3 | NCAA Division II Quarterfinal | ||||||
| Adelphi: | 82–11 (.882) | ||||||||
| Long Island Blackbirds (Northeast Conference) (2002–2012) | |||||||||
| 2002–03 | Long Island | 9–19 | 7–11 | T–8th | |||||
| 2003–04 | Long Island | 8–19 | 4–14 | 11th | |||||
| 2004–05 | Long Island | 14–15 | 10–8 | 4th | |||||
| 2005–06 | Long Island | 12–16 | 9–9 | 6th | |||||
| 2006–07 | Long Island | 10–19 | 6–12 | 10th | |||||
| 2007–08 | Long Island | 15–15 | 7–11 | 7th | |||||
| 2008–09 | Long Island | 16–14 | 12–6 | T–2nd | |||||
| 2009–10 | Long Island | 14–17 | 11–7 | 4th | |||||
| 2010–11 | Long Island | 27–6 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
| 2011–12 | Long Island | 25–9 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
| Long Island: | 150–149 (.502) | 98–82 (.544) | |||||||
| Duquesne Dukes (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2012–2017) | |||||||||
| 2012–13 | Duquesne | 8–22 | 1–15 | 16th | |||||
| 2013–14 | Duquesne | 13–17 | 5–11 | T–10th | |||||
| 2014–15 | Duquesne | 12–19 | 6–12 | 11th | |||||
| 2015–16 | Duquesne | 17–17 | 6–12 | T–10th | CBI Quarterfinal | ||||
| 2016–17 | Duquesne | 10–22 | 3–15 | 14th | |||||
| Duquesne: | 60–97 (.382) | 21–65 (.244) | |||||||
| Penn State Nittany Lions (Big Ten Conference) (2020–2021) | |||||||||
| 2020–21 | Penn State | 11–14 | 7–12 | T–10th | |||||
| Penn State: | 11–14 (.440) | 7–12 (.368) | |||||||
| UMBC Retrievers (America East Conference) (2021–present) | |||||||||
| 2021–22 | UMBC | 18–14 | 11–7 | 2nd | TBC First Round | ||||
| 2022–23 | UMBC | 18–14 | 8–8 | T–4th | |||||
| 2023–24 | UMBC | 11–21 | 6–10 | 7th | |||||
| UMBC: | 47–49 (.490) | 25–25 (.500) | |||||||
| Total: | 372–328 (.531) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ^ "UMBC Names Jim Ferry as New Men's Basketball Head Coach". UMBC Athletics.
- ^ a b c "LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds – Jim Ferry – 2009–10 Men's Basketball Coaching Staff – LIU Brooklyn". LIU Brooklyn.
- ^ "Jim Ferry College Coaching Record - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ "Jim Ferry – Men's Basketball Coach – Duquesne University Athletics". Duquesne University Athletics.
- ^ Spencer, Sarah K. "Jim Ferry out as Duquesne men's basketball coach". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- ^ "Jim Ferry – Men's Basketball Coach – Penn State University Athletics". Penn State University Athletics.
- ^ Borzello, Jeff (October 21, 2020). "Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball coach Pat Chambers resigns after internal investigation". ESPN. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
- ^ "Micah Shrewsberry Named Men's Basketball Coach". Penn State University Athletics.
- ^ Lee, Edward (April 12, 2021). "UMBC hires Jim Ferry, former Duquesne and Penn State coach, to lead men's basketball program". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
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