Having built a home at USF, Jose Fernandez not pulling up stakes Though other opportunities have beckoned, the winner of nearly 400 womenâs basketball games has stayed put. Â Â USF women's coach Jose Fernandez has won 391 games and has led the program to seven NCAA Tournaments in his 21 seasons. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ] His salad days still arenât far removed from the roughage. Jose Fernandez has another USF womenâs team perched prominently on an NCAA Tournament bracket, but he still remembers a prior administration nudging his career toward the bubble. He beams at a burgeoning season-ticket base, but recalls being banished to the âCorralâ (site of USF volleyball games) or the schoolâs rec center for some home contests.