Jim Ferry

Jim Ferry

Current position
Title	Interim head coach
Team	Penn State
Conference	Big Ten
Record	6-8 (.429)
Biographical details
Born	(1967-07-09) July 9, 1967 Elmont, New York
Playing career
1985–1986	NYIT
1987–1990	Keene State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1990–1991	Keene State (assistant)
1991–1998	Bentley (assistant)
1998–1999	Plymouth State
1999–2002	Adelphi
2002–2012	Long Island
2012–2017	Duquesne
2017–2020	Penn State (assistant)
2020–present	Penn State
Head coaching record
Overall	320-273 (.540)
Tournaments	0–2 (NCAA Division I) 1–1 (CBI) 5–3 (NCAA Division II)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
LEC regular season (1999) ECC Tournament (2001) 2 NEC regular season (2011, 2012) 2 NEC Tournament (2011, 2012)
Awards
2× NEC Coach of the Year (2005, 2011), Naismith College Coach of the Year (2021)

James A. Ferry Jr. (born July 9, 1967) is an American college basketball coach, currently the interim head coach at Penn State, and formerly the head men's basketball coach at Duquesne. Jim Ferry was named the interim head coach of Penn State University upon Pat Chambers's resignation shortly before the 2020-2021 season. Prior to Duquesne, Ferry spent 10 seasons as head coach at Long Island, 3 seasons at Adelphi, and 1 season at Plymouth State.

Following the resignation of Penn State coach Pat Chambers on October 21, 2020, Ferry was named interim head coach at Penn State.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
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 (.469)	11–3 (.524)
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 Second Round
2011–12	Long Island	25–9	16–2	1st	NCAA Division I Second Round
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–present)
2020–21	Penn State	6–8	3–7
Penn State:		6–8 (.429)	3–7 (.300)
Total:		320–273 (.540)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

External links

• Penn State profile