![]() Ferry coaching Penn State in 2021 | |
Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | UMBC |
Conference | America East |
Record | 47–49 (.490) |
Biographical details | |
Born | Elmont, New York, U.S. | July 9, 1967
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) |
2020–2021 | Penn State (interim HC) |
2021–present | UMBC |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 372–328 (.531) |
Tournaments | 0–2 (NCAA Division I) 1–1 (CBI) 5–3 (NCAA Division II) 0–1 (TBC) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
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) | |
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.