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Football
- Title:
- Co-Offensive Coordinator/Passing Game Coordinator
- Email:
- mike.ferzoco@unh.edu
- Phone:
- 603-862-1852
Michael Ferzoco is in his 12th season on the UNH coaching staff in 2019 and currently serves as co-offensive coordinator alongside Alex Miller. Ferzoco is the primary play-caller. In 2018, he was the Wildcats' WR coach/pass game coordinator and primary play-caller, and in 2016-17, Ferzoco was the WR coach/special teams coordinator.
Ferzoco spent six seasons (2010-15) as the running backs coach after serving as linebackers coach his first two seasons (2008-09).
Under the tutelage of Ferzoco, junior wide receiver Neil O’Connor was named to a total of five All-America Teams and was a Walter Payton Award finalist in the 2017 season. O’Connor had 97 receptions for 1,396 receiving yards and 10 TDs; with those numbers, he was No. 3 in the nation in receiving yards, and on UNH’s list of single-season superlatives he ranked second in receptions and fourth in receiving yards.
The 2016 season saw the emergence of two young receivers – sophomore Neil O’Connor and redshirt freshman Malik Love. O’Connor ranked fifth in the CAA in receiving yards per game (64.2) and No. 6 in receptions/game (4.46) en route to a spot on the All-CAA Football Third Team. Love was No. 4 in receptions/game (4.92), and averaged 43.3 receiving yards per game. The duo combined for 117 of the team’s 249 catches and 1,354 of 2,573 yards.
The 2015 Wildcats’ backfield was led by junior Dalton Crossan, who rumbled for 885 yards on 172 carries (5.1 yards/rush) and 13 of UNH’s 19 rushing TDs. The up-and-coming sophomore duo of Trevon Bryant (297 yards) and Donald Goodrich (111 yards) supplied depth to a unit that helped the ‘Cats average 146.9 rushing yards/game.
In 2014, the CAA champion Wildcats boasted the league’s third-ranked rushing attack (169.5 yards/game) that included a league-leading 39 rushing touchdowns. UNH’s 138 rushing first downs were second-most in the CAA, and senior Nico Steriti led the league in TDs (18) and points/game (9.0).
In 2013, Steriti garnered All-CAA Second Team for the second consecutive year and became the first UNH back since 2002 to eclipse 1,000 rushing yards; the ‘Cats ranked third in rushing in the CAA for the second consecutive year.
Prior to coming to UNH, Ferzoco coached at Kenyon College (his alma mater), working as an assistant coach from 2004-07. He served as offensive coordinator and coached the quarterbacks and receivers during the 2006 and 2007 seasons. In ’07, his offense broke the school record for yardage (460.2 yards per game) and averaged 31.2 points per contest.
