Education
Ferrell attended high school at Calvert Hall College in Towson, Maryland where he was part of the 1982 National Championship team, the number one rated high school squad in the country during his junior year.
Ferrell attended high school at Calvert Hall College in Towson, Maryland where he was part of the 1982 National Championship team, the number one rated high school squad in the country during his junior year.
He went on to attend Georgia Technical from 1984 to 1988. Duane Ferrell was never drafted but found his way into the National Basketball Association after being signed as a free agent by the Atlanta Hawks in 1988. Ferrell would go on to play in six seasons with the Hawks in the reserve role.
His best season came in 1991-1992, where he produced a career high of 12.7 points per game while averaging 24.2 minutes per game with Atlanta.
In the 1989-1990 season, Ferrell started the year playing 40 games for the Topeka Sizzlers in the Continental Basketball Association, averaging 24.3 points per game and earning College of Business Administration Newcomer of the Year honors. His performance earned him a return trip to the Hawks to end the season.
Ferrell became a free agent at the end of the 1993-1994 National Basketball Association season and was signed by the Indiana Pacers on September 30, 1994. After three seasons in Indiana, Ferrell and Pacers teammate Erick Dampier were traded to the Golden State Warriors for All-Star veteran Chris Mullin on August 12, 1997.
Ferrell finished his National Basketball Association career with the Warriors, amassing a total of 11 seasons in the league with five National Basketball Association Playoffs runs (three times with the Hawks and twice with the Pacers).
He is currently the Player Relations and Programs Manager for the Atlanta Hawks. Ferrell also gives back to the sport through his involvement with On Court Player Development, a basketball academy and community organization that seeks to develop grassroots basketball programs.
