Shoreham-Wading River Central School District has a new Athletic Director. The district has hired Deb Ferry to lead the Wildcats.
Ferry was named Shoreham-Wading River’s new director of health, physical education and athletics as she replaces former athletics director Eric Bramoff.
Ferry spent the last nine years as athletics director at Half Hollow Hills Central School District. While with Half Hollow she was in charge of four schools and 125+ different sports teams. Ferry worked with nearly 200 coaches and was at the forefront of establishing their unified sports teams.
Before Half Hollow Hills, Ferry worked as director of health, physical education, nursing and athletics in the Port Jefferson School District from 2007 to 2016. While there she built the lacrosse program from the bottom up.
She got her start in coaching and was the head girls varsity field hockey coach from 2002 to 2007 and head junior varsity girls lacrosse coach from 1999 to 2006 at Northport High School. She also was a college coach at SUNY Cortland and with the Empire State Games and the United States Field Hockey Association.
Ferry currently serves as second vice president of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA), a position that she will be in until 2032.