2005 was a successful first season for Pat Ferguson as head coach of the Wright State women's soccer team. The Raiders posted a final record of 11-5-3, their most wins since 2000, and the .658 winning percentage was the highest for the program since 1990. WSU also went 4-1-2 in Horizon League play, which was the best mark in such matches since 1999.

Individually, freshman defender Jess Rooma was named the Horizon League Newcomer of the Year as well as being selected First Team All-League, Third Team All-Great Lakes Region by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and to the All-Great Lakes Region Freshman Team by Soccer Buzz magazine.

Heading into this season, Soccer Buzz recognized the program again as the incoming group of freshmen was the top-ranked recruiting class in the Horizon League.

Ferguson came to WSU from Campbell University in North Carolina, where he was head coach for five seasons. He led the Camels to an overall record of 48-35-11, including 12-2-7 in 2004. That year also saw his team win the Atlantic Sun Conference's regular season and tournament titles, advancing to the NCAA Division I tournament for the first time in school history. A two-time conference coach of the year (2001 & 2004), he has placed eight players on all-conference teams in the past two years.

In 2004, Campbell was one of five Division I programs in the nation to post one loss or less during the regular season and was ranked in the Top Ten NSCAA Southeast Region.

A native of Strongsville, Ohio, Ferguson began his collegiate coaching career as an assistant with the men's program at Malone College in 1995. He then started the women's program there two years later with his first squad ranked as high as seventh in the NAIA Great Lakes Region and finishing with an 11-7 record.

After guiding Malone to a 9-11 mark in 1998, Ferguson accepted the head job at NCAA Division III member Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio and led his team to an 8-9-0 mark. That squad doubled Mount Union's win total from the 1998 team that finished 4-12 before Ferguson's arrival. Overall, Ferguson's nine-year coaching record is 87-67-14.

Outside the collegiate realm, Ferguson has experience as a staff coach with the Ohio North Olympic Development Program (ODP). He has experience working with male and female players from eight years of age up to national pool ODP players. He holds the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Advanced National and Premier diplomas and the United States Soccer Federation ¿Bî license.

A 1992 Malone graduate with a B.A. in religious studies, Ferguson began his collegiate career as a walk-on, but started all 88 matches during his playing days and set school records for games played and started. As Malone's sweeper, Ferguson served as team captain and was an all-district and all-region selection.

Ferguson is married to the former Julie Kay Rollins. The Fergusons have five children.