{"id":279445,"date":"2025-11-08T14:19:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T14:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/279445\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T14:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T14:19:08","slug":"dallas-wings-head-coach-jose-fernandez-makes-bold-promise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/279445\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Wings head coach Jose Fernandez makes bold promise"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dallas Wings<\/a> are coming off a 10-win season and will be at the top of the lottery for a second consecutive season.<\/p>\n

However, new head coach Jose Fernandez vows to be the change the Wings are looking for in the coming years.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThis won\u2019t be the same old Dallas Wings,\u201d Fernandez said h\/t Mavs Moneyball contributor Matt Martinez. \u201cChange is coming, and we\u2019re going to win here. I came here for one reason \u2014 I came here to win because I believe in ownership, I believe in the franchise and I believe in the front office that we\u2019re going to be successful here.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Paige Bueckers gets huge support from new Dallas Wings coach Jose Fernandez<\/a><\/p>\n

\"South<\/p>\n

South Florida Bulls head coach Jose Fernandez directs his team against the Marquette Golden Eagles. \/ Jeff Blake-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Fernandez beat out several other candidates for the role and his experience made his resume stand out over others. Wings general manager Curt Miller explained why Fernandez’s experience makes him qualified for the position.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe found our guy in Jose,\u201d Miller said h\/t Martinez. \u201cOver 800 games coached. Closing in on 500 wins. Fourteen straight seasons with 19 or more wins. It\u2019s amazing how respected Jose is from coast to coast, and all over the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fernandez comes to the Wings after a quarter of a century with the South Florida Bulls, where he took the program to new heights.<\/p>\n

Fernandez comes in to replace one-year head coach Chris Koclanes, who Miller hired at the end of the 2024 campaign. Miller praised Koclanes despite the firing earlier this offseason.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a credit to the former coaching staff and to our players for really sticking together through all the adversity last year,\u201d Miller said h\/t Martinez. \u201cThat adversity that this group went through last year will absolutely accelerate what happens in the future. Chris and his staff\u2019s footprint will be felt in this team\u2019s culture for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fernandez is about to begin building his staff for the 2026 WNBA season.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Jose Fernandez hire could lead Dallas Wings to surprise WNBA Draft choice<\/a><\/p>\n

Stick with\u00a0WingsGameday\u00a0for more\u00a0FREE coverage of the Dallas Wings<\/a>\u00a0throughout the offseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Wings are coming off a 10-win season and will be at the top of the lottery…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":{"0":"post-279445","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}