Mitch Ferrick is in his second year with the Lions and was named the wide receivers coach in the spring of 2020. He served as the tight ends coach for the 2019 season. In 2019, he mentored All-Conference tight end Tyler Guice, who led the Lions in touchdown receptions for the season.
Ferrick previously served as an offensive coach for multiple positions at Bridgewater College. He was the Eagles’ wide receiver’s coach in the 2018 season, where Bridgewater ranked fifth nationally in Division III in red zone offense (.943), while averaging 33.6 points per game in conference play. He transitioned to coaching the quarterbacks before coming to Commerce. He was also Bridgewater’s recruiting coordinator.
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From 2016-18 he was the wide receiver’s coach at his alma mater, Guilford College. He coached the ODAC Rookie of the Year in receiver Tyriek Russell in 2016 and helped the Quakers cap the longest winning streak in school history. Russell repeated as a second team all-ODAC pick in 2017.
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In his playing career, Ferrick was a quarterback for the Guilford Quakers with a 5-to-1 touchdown to interception ratio. An Academic All-ODAC and Guilford Student-Athlete honor roll student, Ferrick made the Dean's List at Guilford. He was also named the National Football Foundation's 2016 Hampshire Honor Society.
He earned Second Team All-Concorde District recognition in high school, while leading his team to the 2011 Northern Region Conference championship and second place in the Virginia Class 3A Division 6 state playoffs.
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