Men’s Basketball Adds Two to Staff

9/8/05 -- Long Island University third-year men’s basketball coach Jim Ferry announced today the addition of Jack Perri and Richard Glesmann to his staff for the 2005-06 season.

Perri most recently served as the head men’s basketball coach at Rhode Island College (Division III), leading the team to a berth in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Tournament. He guided the Anchormen to a 20-9 record, the program's first-ever Little East Conference co-regular season championship and was named the league’s coach-of-the-year in his first season.

The Manalapan, N.J. native spent six seasons on the sidelines at Division II Bentley College (1998-2004). As the top assistant, he was responsible for all aspects of recruiting for a squad ranked number one in the country in 2004-05.

A 1998 graduate of Bentley, Perri played in 99 games for the Falcons. He served as captain for two seasons. Perri was recruited by and subsequently replaced long-time Bentley assistant and current LIU coach Ferry on the Falcons bench.

Rich Glesmann will join the staff as Director of Basketball Operations. He worked the past two seasons at Adelphi University. Last season, the Panthers posted a 22-7 ledger and led Division II in scoring defense (55.5 ppg) and field goal percentage defense (.376).

Prior to Adelphi, Glesmann was the head women's basketball coach at Wheelock College in Boston. The second youngest head coach in the country at the time (2002), Glesmann's team improved their win total from the year before by five games.

A native of Wayland, Mass., Glesmann attended Salisbury State before transferring to Emerson College in Massachusetts where he graduated in 2001. A three-year starter at guard, he guided the Lions to a record setting 21-9 mark his senior season and a trip to the ECAC Championships.