HEAD COACH RICK FERRY

Albright head coach Rick Ferry begins his seventh year with the Lions this season. In his first six years at Albright he has taken a team that started at the bottom of the conference ladder and built it into one of the top programs in the MAC.

After the Lions managed just four wins in each of his first two years in Reading, Ferry has led Albright to a combined 67-40 record over the past four years. In that span Albright has reached the Commonwealth Conference tournament three times, played in two ECAC South Region Tournaments, and one NCAA Tournament. In the 2004-05 season the Lions won the Commonwealth Conference Championship, reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament, and won 21 games, the second-highest total in school history. Ferry also led Albright to the ECAC South Region Tournament Championship in March of 2006. He was named the Commonwealth Conference Coach of the Year in both the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons. During his tenure with the Lions Ferry has coached five All-Conference players and three 1,000 point scorers.
Ferry was a star player at nearby Wilson High School in the early 80's, then headed to Susquehanna University to continue his education and playing career. While at Susquehanna he helped the Crusaders qualify for the MAC playoffs three times, and in 1984 to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.

Upon graduating in 1985 with a B.S. in accounting, Ferry went to work for KPMG Peat Marwick, the largest accounting firm in the world at that time. While working at KPMG, Ferry began his coaching career, working as a volunteer assistant at Trinity High School in Camp Hill, PA in 1987-88.

Ferry left KPMG to pursue his MBA at Ohio University in 1988. During this time he interned on Wall Street with Chase Manhattan Bank. Ferry graduated in the spring of 1989 with his MBA, and in September returned to Susquehanna to begin his coaching career

Ferry worked for seven seasons as an assistant coach at Susquehanna. Among his many duties, he built a junior varsity program that fed a very successful varsity team for the Crusaders. He also recruited extensively in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. During his tenure as a coach at Susquehanna Ferry also served as the school's Controller.

In 1996 Ferry accepted his first head coaching position, taking the job at Juniata College. He took over a program in disarray and, through a lengthy rebuilding process, led the program back to respectability. In April of 2001, he was offered and accepted the opportunity to come back to Reading and take over the vacant head coaching position at Albright.

Ferry is a former member of the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball committee and a current member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches Congress. In addition to his duties as the Lions' men's basketball coach, he serves as an assistant director of athletics at Albright.

If you are interested in learning more about the Albright men's basketball program, or if you are interested in contributing to the renovations of Bollman Center or other athletics projects, contact head coach Rick Ferry by e-mail or by phone at 610-921-7825