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Tom Ferner

Tom Ferner

Tom Ferner enters his first season of his second stint as an assistant coach at Wilmington College in 2023. After serving as cornerbacks coach and special teams quality control from 2019-21, he returns as the team's defensive coordinator and will work with Quaker safeties.

Tom Ferner recently completed his second season as an assistant football coach at Wilmington College in 2021-22. He serves as the program's cornerbacks coach and also works with the special teams unit.

Ferner spent the 2022 season as a defensive quality control coach at Eastern Kentucky University. He helped the Colonels to a 7-5 record including a seven-overtime victory at Bowling Green State University, EKU's first over an FBS opponent in nearly a decade. Ferner helped mentor Matthew Jackson to All-American honors as well as nine Colonels who garnered All-ASUN recognition.

Prior to EKU, Ferner was an assistant coach at Wilmington for two years working with cornerbacks and also helping out on special teams. In his first stint with the program, he helped the Quakers to consecutive victories over both Capital University and Otterbein University and a significant defensive improvement in nearly every statistical category during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ferner resides in Wilmington.

 

*Last updated - Feb. 14, 2023