University of Connecticut Athletics
Men's Ice Hockey
- Title:
- Director of Men's Hockey Operations
- Email:
- joseph.ferriss@uconn.edu
Joe Ferriss will return to his alma mater and UConn head coach Mike Cavanaugh’s staff as the Director of Hockey Operations. Ferriss begins his second stint with the Huskies after serving as a graduate assistant coach on the staff for two seasons from 2018-2020.
Ferriss makes his return to Storrs after spending the 2021-22 season as an assistant coach at Wesleyan University. Working under head coach and former Husky Chris Potter, Ferriss’s main responsibilities included recruiting prospective student-athletes to the University, practice planning and implementation, and in-game tactical instruction. Along with setting game plans for the team, he also worked with the team’s defensemen and penalty kill.
After graduating from UConn in 2016 with a degree in exercise science, he began his coaching career working with the Boston Bandits NCDC of the USPHL in Bridgewater, Massachusetts where he was an assistant coach and served as the strength and conditioning coach. He was involved with all aspects of the program including on-ice practice planning, game video breakdown and analysis, skating and skill sessions as well as designing and implementing strength and conditions programs for both in-season and off-season.
He returned to Storrs in the fall of 2018 for his first collegiate coaching job on Coach Cavanaugh’s staff, assisting the program with video breakdown of games and practices, developing scouting reports and practice plans, and overseeing undergraduate student managers day-to-day responsibilities.
Prior to graduating from UConn, Ferriss interned with the UConn Sports Performance department where he assisted with coaching workouts for seven different varsity athletic programs. He designed and implemented the baseball freshmen summer training program and assisted with the staff on team program design. He worked directly with student-athletes on instructional training techniques and development.
During his playing days, Ferriss had 32 career points on 14 goals and 18 assists in 120 games. Off the ice, he was a Dean’s List student-athlete from 2012 through 2015, a three-time recipient of all-academic honors from both Atlantic Hockey and Hockey East and named a UConn Senior Scholar-Athlete award recipient.
