The Greensboro College Athletics department has announced the hiring of Aaron Fernandez as its next women’s basketball head coach. Fernandez comes over from Guilford College, where he served as the assistant women’s basketball coach for the Quakers in 2023-2024.
Fernandez arrives at Greensboro College from Guilford College where he served as the assistant women’s basketball coach for the 2023-2024 season. In his lone season with the Quakers, he helped lead the program to an 18-8 record. Guilford finished in the top 20 nationally in several categories, including turnovers forced (6th), steals per game (6th), 3-point % defense (13th), bench points (14th), and team 3-point FG% (17th).
Prior to his time at Guilford College, Fernandez served two seasons as the assistant women’s basketball coach at Roanoke College from 2021-2023. While there, Fernandez helped lead the Maroons to a 20-win season during the 2021-2022 campaign, the most wins for the program in over 10 years.
Before joining the staff at Roanoke, he spent the 2019-2020 season as the director of women’s basketball player development at Davidson College. In that role, he assisted with player development and scouting while also serving as the team’s video coordinator.
Fernandez arrived at Davidson from Mars Hill University where he served as the assistant women’s basketball coach/interim head coach for the 2018-2019 season. Fernandez spent the first nine years of his coaching career as a high school coach in western North Carolina. From 2009-2017, he was the varsity boy’s assistant coach at his alma mater Tuscola High School. While there, Tuscola saw an impressive turnaround culminating in a school record 24 wins during the 2012-2013 campaign.
In 2016, Fernandez and the Tuscola staff were selected as coaches for the regional Blue/White All-Star Game. The 2017-2018 season saw Fernandez take over as the head varsity girl’s basketball coach at Charles D. Owen High School. In his one season before joining the college coaching ranks, he helped guide Owen to a 20-7 record and a second-place conference finish. The 20 wins and second-place finish were the best marks for the program in over a decade.
Fernandez has twice been selected as a speaker at the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Final Four Convention (2023 and 2024). He holds an M.Ed in Coach Education and Athlete Development from Xavier University and a B.Ed. In Health and Physical Education from Western Carolina University. He is an active member of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association and the Latino Association of Basketball Coaches.
Director of Athletics Jerry Fisk says of the hiring, “With the timing of the coaching change, I am excited to welcome a coach with Aaron’s pedigree and qualifications. Aaron stood out as a teacher, leader and someone who has the skillset and recruiting acumen to help get Greensboro College women’s basketball back to its levels of historical success. We look forward to welcoming him to the campus and seeing him lead our talented student-athletes.”
“I want to first thank Jerry Fisk and the administration at Greensboro College for the opportunity to lead the women’s basketball program,” Fernandez said. “I am honored to be a part of a program with a rich tradition of excellence and look forward to continuing that tradition in the years to come. Greensboro College is a special place with a mission and vision that aligns with my own and I’m proud to be a part of the Pride.”
