Mount Marty University

Fernandez began by playing basketball and baseball for the Lancers in 1993 and finished as a student-assistant coach for Women’s Volleyball when he graduated in 1997. He was hired by Mount Marty in 2005 as the Head Softball Coach. He continued in that capacity for 11 years, also serving as Head Volleyball Coach for one season. During his coaching career, his peers honored him by naming him the Great Plains Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 2011 and 2013, and he was the GPAC Coach of Character Award winner in 2013. He then retired from coaching to work in the admissions department, where he assisted as a liaison for the athletic department.