Jim Ferry
Jim Ferry (born July 9, 1967)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: UMBC Retrievers
Current conference: America East Conference
Plymouth State record^: 22-8 (.733)
Adelphi record^: 82-11 (.882)
LIU Brooklyn record: 150-149 (.502)
Duquesne record: 60-97 (.382)
Penn State record: 11-14 (.440)
UMBC record: 47-49 (.490)
Overall record^: 372-328 (.531)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (2011, 2012)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2016)
- NEC Regular Season Champion: 2 (2011, 2012)
- NEC Tournament Champion: 2 (2011, 2012)
Awards:
- NEC Coach of the Year: 2 (2005, 2011)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2021-present | UMBC |
| 2020-2021 | Penn State (interim HC) |
| 2017-2020 | Penn State (asst) |
| 2012-2017 | Duquesne |
| 2002-2012 | LIU Brooklyn |
| 1999-2002 | Adelphi |
| 1998-1999 | Plymouth State |
| 1991-1998 | Bentley (asst) |
| 1990-1991 | Keene State (asst) |
Jim Ferry Facts
- Jim Ferry
- Born July 9, 1967
- Hometown: Elmont, New York
- Alma Mater: Keene State College (BA, 1990)
- Went 22-8 in one season as head coach at Division III Plymouth State (NH)
- Spent three seasons as the head coach at Division II Adelphi (NY), compiling an impressive 82-11 overall record
- Won 150 games in ten seasons as the head coach at LIU Brooklyn
- Improved from a 9-19 record to two straight 25+ win seasons and NCAA berths by the end of his tenure
- Hired in 2012 as the head coach at Duquesne, coaching the Dukes for five seasons
- Went 60-97 overall and reached the CBI in 2016; Ferry was fired in March 2017
- Joined Pat Chambers‘ staff at Penn State as an assistant coach in August 2017
- In October 2020, Chambers resigned and Ferry was named interim head coach for 2020-21; went 11-14 and was not retained
- Hired in April 2021 to be the new head men’s basketball coach of the UMBC Retrievers
Jim Ferry Coaching Tree
- Jack Perri (Southern New Hampshire, LIU Brooklyn)
- Keith Urgo (Fordham)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I, Division II and Division III levels
