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Dave Fernandez
First Season: 2010-11 or earlier
Last Season: 2025-26
Total Games: 254
Crew Chief: 87 (34%)
U1: 104 (41%)
U2: 63 (25%)
Home Wins: 64%
Home Fouls: 17.0
Away Fouls: 17.8
Foul Diff: 0.8
Attendance: 1,129
| Games | Total | 2025-26 | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 | 2021-22 | 2020-21 | 2019-20 | 2018-19 | 2017-18 | 2016-17 | 2015-16 | 2014-15 | 2013-14 | 2012-13 | 2011-12 | 2010-11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | 254 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 26 | 29 | 15 | 25 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| Crew Chief | 87 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| U1 | 104 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| U2 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| NCAA Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIT Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pre/Mid-Season Tournament | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NEC | 107 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Patriot | 73 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivy | 53 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Am. East | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Independent | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Big South | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Crew Chief | U1 | U2 | Home | Away | Score | Fouls | Fee | Season $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-2-28 | Steve Ruppenthal | Chris Devlin | Dave Fernandez | Central Connecticut | Saint Francis | 69 - 64 | 17 - 16 | $1,600 | $11,200 |
| 2026-2-21 | Doug Aprahamian | Dave Fernandez | Chris Anderson | Fairleigh Dickinson | New Haven | 77 - 84 | 18 - 15 | $1,600 | $9,600 |
| 2026-2-14 | Dave Fernandez | Brandon Kamil | Thomas McDermott | Stonehill | Wagner | 57 - 68 | 16 - 15 | $1,600 | $8,000 |
| 2026-1-31 | James Ostwalt | Dave Fernandez | Thomas McDermott | Saint Francis | New Haven | 69 - 81 | 21 - 16 | $1,600 | $6,400 |
| 2026-1-17 | Doug Aprahamian | Dave Fernandez | Paul Tuomey | New Haven | Wagner | 80 - 74 | 14 - 20 | $1,600 | $4,800 |
| 2026-1-10 | Doug Aprahamian | Steve Ruppenthal | Dave Fernandez | Long Island University | Saint Francis | 67 - 63 | 19 - 20 | $1,600 | $3,200 |
| 2025-12-11 | Guy Pagano | Dave Fernandez | Brandon Kamil | Wagner | Bloomfield | 95 - 93 | 16 - 15 | $1,600 | $1,600 |
| 2025-3-8 | Dave Fernandez | Jeff Adams | Tyler Jones | Brown | Yale | 61 - 70 | 21 - 15 | $2,000 | $29,250 |
| 2025-3-1 | Dave Fernandez | Tiger Womack | Jason Stallworth | Columbia | Pennsylvania | 87 - 92 | 20 - 16 | $2,000 | $27,250 |
| 2025-2-22 | Dave Fernandez | Paul Tuomey | Brandon Kamil | Central Connecticut | Stonehill | 67 - 41 | 8 - 9 | $1,600 | $25,250 |
| 2025-2-15 | Dave Fernandez | John Barley | Jason Stallworth | Brown | Pennsylvania | 82 - 72 | 12 - 16 | $2,000 | $23,650 |
| 2025-2-8 | Dave Fernandez | John Barley | Joe Switzer | Dartmouth | Harvard | 76 - 56 | 8 - 12 | $2,000 | $21,650 |
| 2025-2-1 | Guy Pagano | Dave Fernandez | Jason Stallworth | Fairleigh Dickinson | Mercyhurst | 60 - 67 | 22 - 16 | $1,600 | $19,650 |
| 2025-1-25 | Dave Fernandez | Robert Riley Jr. | Brad Zapenas | Brown | Dartmouth | 83 - 84 | 21 - 15 | $2,000 | $18,050 |
| 2025-1-20 | Dave Fernandez | Ed Corbett | Brandon Kamil | Le Moyne | Stonehill | 73 - 72 | 21 - 20 | $1,600 | $16,050 |
| 2025-1-18 | Dave Fernandez | Chris Slattery | Brad Zapenas | Columbia | Yale | 88 - 92 | 25 - 20 | $2,000 | $14,450 |
| 2025-1-11 | Dave Fernandez | Kolbert Galeano | Jason Stallworth | Lafayette | Holy Cross | 82 - 65 | 11 - 13 | $1,750 | $12,450 |
| 2024-12-23 | Dave Fernandez | Tyler Jones | Javed Trotman | Wagner | Penn State Scranton | 120 - 30 | 10 - 17 | $1,600 | $10,700 |
| 2024-12-22 | Dave Fernandez | Paul Tuomey | Dillon Brasher | Army | Binghamton | 68 - 78 | 15 - 16 | $1,750 | $9,100 |
| 2024-12-18 | Brandon Cruz | Dave Fernandez | Andre Roberson | Dartmouth | Le Moyne | 76 - 80 | 19 - 20 | $2,000 | $7,350 |
| 2024-11-24 | Dave Fernandez | Chris Slattery | Kolbert Galeano | Lafayette | Rosemont | 91 - 45 | 18 - 14 | $1,750 | $5,350 |
| 2024-11-7 | Dave Fernandez | Daniel Basile | Raymond Downs | Fairleigh Dickinson | Purchase | 112 - 72 | 14 - 21 | $1,600 | $3,600 |
| 2024-11-4 | Dave Fernandez | Josh Anderson | Devon Maio | Yale | Quinnipiac | 88 - 62 | 16 - 24 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 2024-3-16 | Sean Hull | Dave Fernandez | Greg Moyer | Princeton | Brown | 81 - 90 | 20 - 18 | $1,940 | $53,114 |
| 2024-3-10 | Tim Kelly | Dave Fernandez | Ed Corbett | Colgate | Bucknell | 68 - 65 | 17 - 20 | $1,698 | $51,174 |
| 2024-3-9 | Dave Fernandez | Jason Stallworth | Gary Corbett | Yale | Brown | 81 - 84 | 17 - 16 | $1,940 | $49,476 |
| 2024-3-7 | Guy Pagano | Dave Fernandez | Greg Moyer | Lafayette | Lehigh | 61 - 76 | 13 - 16 | $1,698 | $47,536 |
| 2024-3-6 | Dave Fernandez | Michael Palau | Paul Sallustio Jr. | Sacred Heart | Wagner | 57 - 60 | 16 - 15 | $1,552 | $45,838 |
| 2024-3-5 | Tim Kelly | Dave Fernandez | Edward Corbet | Army | Holy Cross | 68 - 84 | 17 - 11 | $1,698 | $44,286 |
| 2024-3-2 | Robert Riley | Dave Fernandez | Riley McGraw | Princeton | Cornell | 79 - 77 | 16 - 21 | $1,940 | $42,588 |
| 2024-3-1 | Nathan Farrell | Dave Fernandez | Tommy Morrissey | Brown | Harvard | 71 - 68 | 13 - 16 | $1,940 | $40,648 |
| 2024-2-29 | Dave Fernandez | Josh Burton | Brandon Kamil | Central Connecticut | Long Island University | 78 - 64 | 14 - 19 | $1,552 | $38,708 |
| 2024-2-28 | Robert Riley | Dave Fernandez | Alex Landis | Loyola Maryland | Bucknell | 46 - 68 | 11 - 12 | $1,698 | $37,156 |
| 2024-2-24 | Dave Fernandez | Jeff Fox | Sean Campbell | Lafayette | Lehigh | 63 - 71 | 17 - 15 | $1,698 | $35,458 |
| 2024-2-17 | Dave Fernandez | Robert Riley Jr. | Jason Stallworth | Princeton | Yale | 73 - 62 | 14 - 20 | $1,940 | $33,760 |
| 2024-2-10 | Dave Fernandez | King Whetstone | Daniel Basile | Holy Cross | American University | 58 - 56 | 12 - 15 | $1,698 | $30,122 |
| 2024-2-10 | Dave Fernandez | Jawaan Williams | Joe Switzer | Army | Navy | 69 - 67 | 24 - 19 | $1,698 | $31,820 |
| 2024-2-3 | Dave Fernandez | Jawaan Williams | Daniel Basile | Harvard | Cornell | 76 - 89 | 18 - 17 | $1,940 | $28,424 |
| 2024-2-1 | Dave Fernandez | Sean Campbell | Michael Nardone | Wagner | Le Moyne | 80 - 57 | 11 - 14 | $1,552 | $26,484 |
| 2024-1-31 | Guy Pagano | Dave Fernandez | Martin Spencer | Colgate | Army | 74 - 55 | 11 - 13 | $1,698 | $24,932 |
| 2024-1-27 | Dave Fernandez | Josh Burton | Riley McGraw | Dartmouth | Brown | 75 - 71 | 16 - 15 | $1,940 | $23,234 |
| 2024-1-20 | Dave Fernandez | Jafar Kinsey | Alex Landis | Colgate | Boston University | 75 - 59 | 15 - 19 | $1,698 | $21,294 |
| 2024-1-13 | Dave Fernandez | Martin Spencer | Michael Nardone | Lehigh | Holy Cross | 66 - 69 | 17 - 19 | $1,698 | $19,596 |
| 2024-1-6 | Phil Sallustio Jr. | Dave Fernandez | Dan Powers | Bucknell | American University | 63 - 71 | 13 - 12 | $1,698 | $17,898 |
| 2024-1-4 | Dave Fernandez | Brandon Kamil | Javed Trotman | Columbia | Mount Saint Vincent | 120 - 52 | 11 - 17 | $1,940 | $16,200 |
| 2023-12-30 | Phil Sallustio Jr. | Dave Fernandez | Riley McGraw | Cornell | Colgate | 77 - 64 | 18 - 14 | $1,940 | $14,260 |
| 2023-12-22 | Dave Fernandez | Jack Laughran | Aran Hart | Wagner | Gwynedd-Mercy | 98 - 49 | 11 - 9 | $1,552 | $12,320 |
| 2023-12-21 | Tim Kelly | Dave Fernandez | Josh Burton | Harvard | Holy Cross | 74 - 72 | 8 - 16 | $1,940 | $10,768 |
| 2023-12-2 | Guy Pagano | Dave Fernandez | Devon Maio | Lafayette | Cornell | 71 - 79 | 18 - 17 | $1,698 | $8,828 |
| 2023-11-29 | Steve Ruppenthal | Lionel Butler | Dave Fernandez | Lehigh | St. Francis (PA) | 61 - 62 | 20 - 23 | $1,698 | $7,130 |
Showing 1-50 of 254 games
Tournament Games
| Tournament | Times Worked | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| 2K CLASSIC | 1 | 2015-16 |
| Cathedral Classic | 1 | 2022-23 |
| Ivy League | 1 | 2023-24 |
| NORTHEAST CONFERENCE MEN'S TOURNAMENT - QUARTERFINAL | 5 | 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19 |
| NORTHEAST CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT - QUARTERFINAL | 1 | 2019-20 |
| Northeast Conference | 1 | 2023-24 |
| PATRIOT LEAGUE TOURNAMENT - QUARTERFINAL | 1 | 2019-20 |
| PATRIOT LEAGUE TOURNAMENT - SEMIFINAL | 1 | 2019-20 |
| Patriot League | 1 | 2020-21 |
| Patriot League Championship - 1st Round | 1 | 2023-24 |
| Patriot League Championship - Quarterfinal | 2 | 2021-22, 2023-24 |
| Patriot League Championship - Semifinal | 2 | 2021-22, 2023-24 |
| PenFed Credit Union Patriot League Championship - Quarterfinal | 1 | 2022-23 |
| PenFed Credit Union Patriot League Championship - Semifinal | 1 | 2022-23 |
| Veterans Classic | 1 | 2020-21 |
Dave Fernandez Game Pace by Season
Total games worked across seasons, relative to each season's opening day
Estimated Salary Information
Salary estimates based on conference rates, tier level, and season adjustments. Rates vary by conference and year.
Career Summary
Current Tier: Tier 2
Career Total: $345,604
Total Games: 254
Avg per Game: $1,361
Highest Season: $53,114 (2023-24)
Season-by-Season Breakdown
| Season | Tier | Games | CC Games | U1/U2 Games | Total Earned | Avg per Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Tier 2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | $11,200 | $1,600 |
| 2024-25 | Tier 2 | 16 | 14 | 2 | $29,250 | $1,828 |
| 2023-24 | Tier 2 | 30 | 14 | 16 | $53,114 | $1,770 |
| 2022-23 | Tier 2 | 26 | 12 | 14 | $44,415 | $1,708 |
| 2021-22 | Tier 2 | 29 | 10 | 19 | $46,720 | $1,611 |
| 2020-21 | Tier 2 | 15 | 8 | 7 | $22,440 | $1,496 |
| 2019-20 | Tier 3 | 25 | 12 | 13 | $30,109 | $1,204 |
| 2018-19 | Tier 3 | 18 | 5 | 13 | $20,190 | $1,122 |
| 2017-18 | Tier 3 | 14 | 2 | 12 | $14,951 | $1,068 |
| 2016-17 | Tier 3 | 15 | 6 | 9 | $15,881 | $1,059 |
| 2015-16 | Tier 3 | 18 | 0 | 18 | $18,469 | $1,026 |
| 2014-15 | Tier 3 | 19 | 3 | 16 | $18,998 | $1,000 |
| 2013-14 | Tier 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | $3,692 | $923 |
| 2012-13 | Tier 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | $5,589 | $932 |
| 2011-12 | Tier 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | $6,231 | $890 |
| 2010-11 | Tier 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | $4,355 | $871 |
Dave Fernandez Salary Pace by Season
Estimated cumulative salary earned across seasons, relative to each season's opening day