Jim Ferry

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Jim Ferry

| image = File:Jim Ferry.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Ferry coaching Penn State in 2021

| current_title = Head coach

| current_team = UMBC

| current_conference = America East

| current_record = {{winpct|60|68|record=y}}

| contract =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|7|9}}

| birth_place = Elmont, New York, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1985–1986

| player_team1 = NYIT

| player_years2 = 1987–1990

| player_team2 = Keene State

| coach_years1 = 1990–1991

| coach_team1 = Keene State (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 1991–1998

| coach_team2 = Bentley (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 1998–1999

| coach_team3 = Plymouth State

| coach_years4 = 1999–2002

| coach_team4 = Adelphi

| coach_years5 = 2002–2012

| coach_team5 = Long Island

| coach_years6 = 2012–2017

| coach_team6 = Duquesne

| coach_years7 = 2017–2020

| coach_team7 = Penn State (assistant)

|coach_years8 = 2020–2021

| coach_team8 = Penn State (interim HC)

|coach_years9 = 2021–present

| coach_team9 = UMBC

| overall_record = {{winpct|385|347|record=y}}

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record = 0–2 (NCAA Division I)
1–1 (CBI)
5–3 (NCAA Division II)
0–1 (TBC)

| championships = LEC regular season (1999)
3 ECC regular season (2000–2002)
ECC tournament (2001)
2 NEC regular season (2011, 2012)
2 NEC tournament (2011, 2012)

| awards = 2× NEC Coach of the Year (2005, 2011)

| coaching_records =

}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.umbcretrievers.com/sports/mbkb/2020-21/releases/20210414imms5m|title=UMBC Names Jim Ferry as New Men’s Basketball Head Coach|website=UMBC Athletics}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://brooklyn.liuathletics.com/coaches.aspx?rc=168|title=LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds – Jim Ferry – 2009–10 Men's Basketball Coaching Staff – LIU Brooklyn|website=LIU Brooklyn}}

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. 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. 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/jim-ferry-1.html|title=Jim Ferry College Coaching Record - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com|website=Sports-Reference.com}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://goduquesne.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/jim-ferry/164|title=Jim Ferry – Men's Basketball Coach – Duquesne University Athletics|website=Duquesne University Athletics}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/duquesne/2017/03/13/jim-ferry-fired-duquesne-dukes-basketball-atlantic-10-coaching-rumors/stories/201703130165|title=Jim Ferry out as Duquesne men's basketball coach|first=Sarah K.|last=Spencer|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}} Ferry would subsequently join Pat Chambers' staff at Penn State in 2017 and was part of the program's 2018 NIT Championship squad.{{cite web|url=https://gopsusports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/jim-ferry/950|title=Jim Ferry – Men's Basketball Coach – Penn State University Athletics|website=Penn State University Athletics}} 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.{{cite news |last1=Borzello |first1=Jeff |title=Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball coach Pat Chambers resigns after internal investigation |url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/30163803/penn-state-nittany-lions-men-basketball-coach-pat-chambers-resigns-internal-investigation |access-date=October 21, 2020 |work=ESPN |date=October 21, 2020}} Ferry would not be retained by Penn State, which chose to hire Micah Shrewsberry as its permanent head coach.{{Cite web|url=https://gopsusports.com/news/2021/3/15/mens-basketball-micah-shrewsberry-named-mens-basketball-coach.aspx|title=Micah Shrewsberry Named Men’s Basketball Coach|website=Penn State University Athletics}}

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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/college/basketball/bs-sp-umbc-jim-ferry-coach-20210412-gybhovgoejf4plgtfzt6hw5qp4-story.html|title=UMBC hires Jim Ferry, former Duquesne and Penn State coach, to lead men’s basketball program|first=Edward|last=Lee|website=The Baltimore Sun|date=April 12, 2021|accessdate=December 10, 2021}}

Head coaching record

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Plymouth State Panthers

| conference = Little East Conference

| startyear = 1998

| endyear = 1999

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 1998–99

| name = Plymouth State

| overall = 22–8

| conference = 11–3

| confstanding = T–1st

| postseason = ECAC Runner-up

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Plymouth State

| overall = {{winpct|22|8|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{winpct|11|3|record=y}}

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Adelphi Panthers

| conference = East Coast Conference

| startyear = 1999

| endyear = 2002

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 1999–00

| name = Adelphi

| overall = 23–7

| conference =

| confstanding =

| postseason = NCAA Division II Regional Final

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = confboth

| season = 2000–01

| name = Adelphi

| overall = 31–1

| conference =

| confstanding =

| postseason = NCAA Division II Quarterfinal

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 2001–02

| name = Adelphi

| overall = 28–3

| conference =

| confstanding =

| postseason = NCAA Division II Quarterfinal

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Adelphi

| overall = {{winpct|82|11|record=y}}

| confrecord =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Long Island Blackbirds

| conference = Northeast Conference

| startyear = 2002

| endyear = 2012

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2002–03

| name = Long Island

| overall = 9–19

| conference = 7–11

| confstanding = T–8th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2003–04

| name = Long Island

| overall = 8–19

| conference = 4–14

| confstanding = 11th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2004–05

| name = Long Island

| overall = 14–15

| conference = 10–8

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2005–06

| name = Long Island

| overall = 12–16

| conference = 9–9

| confstanding = 6th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2006–07

| name = Long Island

| overall = 10–19

| conference = 6–12

| confstanding = 10th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2007–08

| name = Long Island

| overall = 15–15

| conference = 7–11

| confstanding = 7th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2008–09

| name = Long Island

| overall = 16–14

| conference = 12–6

| confstanding = T–2nd

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2009–10

| name = Long Island

| overall = 14–17

| conference = 11–7

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = confboth

| season = 2010–11

| name = Long Island

| overall = 27–6

| conference = 16–2

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = confboth

| season = 2011–12

| name = Long Island

| overall = 25–9

| conference = 16–2

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Long Island

| overall = {{winpct|150|149|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{winpct|98|82|record=y}}

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Duquesne Dukes

| conference = Atlantic 10 Conference

| startyear = 2012

| endyear = 2017

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2012–13

| name = Duquesne

| overall = 8–22

| conference = 1–15

| confstanding = 16th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2013–14

| name = Duquesne

| overall = 13–17

| conference = 5–11

| confstanding = T–10th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2014–15

| name = Duquesne

| overall = 12–19

| conference = 6–12

| confstanding = 11th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2015–16

| name = Duquesne

| overall = 17–17

| conference = 6–12

| confstanding = T–10th

| postseason = CBI Quarterfinal

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2016–17

| name = Duquesne

| overall = 10–22

| conference = 3–15

| confstanding = 14th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Duquesne

| overall = {{winpct|60|97|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{winpct|21|65|record=y}}

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Penn State Nittany Lions

| conference = Big Ten Conference

| startyear = 2020

| endyear = 2021

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2020–21

| name = Penn State

| overall = 11–14

| conference = 7–12

| confstanding = T–10th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Penn State

| overall = {{winpct|11|14|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{winpct|7|12|record=y}}

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = UMBC Retrievers

| conference = America East Conference

| startyear = 2021

| endyear =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2021–22

| name = UMBC

| overall = 18–14

| conference = 11–7

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = TBC First Round

| awards =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2022–23

| name = UMBC

| overall = 18–14

| conference = 8–8

| confstanding = T–4th

| postseason =

| awards =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2023–24

| name = UMBC

| overall = 11–21

| conference = 6–10

| confstanding = 7th

| postseason =

| awards =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2024–25

| name = UMBC

| overall = 13–19

| conference = 5–11

| confstanding = 8th

| postseason =

| awards =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = UMBC

| overall = {{winpct|60|68|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{winpct|30|36|record=y}}

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record End

| overall = {{winpct|385|347|record=y}}

}}

References

External links

[http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/jim_ferry_1051203.html Penn State profile]
[https://www.umbcretrievers.com/sports/mbkb/coaches/Jim_Ferry?view=bio UMBC profile]

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