Jim Ferry Signs Contract Extension

8/31/05 - Long Island University men’s basketball coach Jim Ferry has been rewarded with a contract extension, the athletic department announced on Wednesday.

Ferry orchestrated the Northeast Conference’s biggest turnaround a season ago leading the Blackbirds to a fourth place finish and an appearance in the conference tournament semifinals. Featuring one of the youngest lineups in the nation, the program’s six-game improvement in league play (4-14 in 2003-04 to 10-8 in 2004-05) was the biggest jump in league action in four years.

The NEC/Jim Phelan Coach of the Year returns the entire starting lineup and 11 letterwinners in 2005-06. The Blackbirds move into a new state-of-the-art facility this season adjacent to the downtown Brooklyn campus, the Athletic, Recreation and Wellness Center. They open the season on Tuesday, November 22 at 7:00 p.m., hosting Columbia.

Ferry, a Merrick, N.Y. resident, came to LIU in 2002 after coaching three seasons at Adelphi, where he complied an 82-11 record.