–Fernandez Earns Second Gold Medal With USA Basketball–
TAMPA, Fla. – July 21, 2025 – The University of South Florida women’s basketball head coach, Jose Fernandez, and the USA Basketball Women’s U19 National Team captured gold by defeating Australia, 88-76, in the final of the 2025 FIBA U19 Women’s AmeriCup on Sunday.
At the event, the 2025 USA Women’s U19 National Team was led by Teri Moren (Indiana University), with Niele Ivey (University of Notre Dame) and Fernandez serving as assistant coaches.
The victory marked Coach Fernandez’s second consecutive gold medal, as he also helped USA Basketball earn gold at the 2024 FIBA U18 Women’s AmeriCup last summer.
JOSE FERNANDEZ CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- 10 NCAA Tournament Appearances.
- Four Conference Championships: Two Conference Tournament Championships (2020-21 & 2024-25) & Two Regular Season Titles (2020-21 & 2022-23).
- 2025-27 WBCA President
- Nine WNBA Draft Picks and Signees & 24 Former Bulls playing professionally worldwide.
- 20 wins against top-25 ranked teams, including No. 6 Mississippi State in 2020, No. 7 Stanford (2021defending national champion), No. 22 Texas and No. 17 Arkansas in 2022, and No. 9 Duke in 2024
- Won two gold medals with USA Basketball’s U18 (2024) and U19 (2025) teams in the FIBA AmeriCup as an assistant coach.
- Recruited and coached players from over 22 different countries.
- 14 straight 19-win seasons and 12 20-win seasons.
- Recorded his 485th career victory during the 2024-25 season.
- Two-time American Conference Coach of the Year (2018, 2021).
- South Florida won the 2008-09 WNIT Championship, defeating the Kansas Jayhawks.
- Recruited and coached over 40 all-conference players, two Associated Press Honorable Mention All-Americans, four members of the USF Athletics Hall of Fame, two American Conference Players of the Year, two American Newcomers of the Year, four American Freshmen of the Year, one American Defensive Player of the Year, one American Most Improved Player, and seven WNBA draft picks.
- Inducted into the Sports Club of Tampa Bay’s Hall of Fame on June 8, 2022.
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ABOUT SOUTH FLORIDA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
South Florida women’s basketball has made 19 postseason tournament appearances and had 10 NCAA Tournament berths in head coach Jose Fernandez’s 25 seasons. The all-time winningest coach in program history, Fernandez has guided the Bulls to 12 20-win seasons, two WNIT final four appearances, the 2008-09 WNIT championship, and has won 485 career games, and is the all-time wins leader in the American Conference.
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