Paul Fessler joined Carrie Eighmey's women's basketball staff as an assistant coach in April of 2025.
Fessler joins the Coyotes from Georgia Southern, but previous spent time in Kansas City. In his lone season with Georgia Southern, he helped them reach a 16-18 record, winning 7 of their final 11 games. They won two Sun Belt Conference Tournament games, marking the first time since 2005 that Georgia Southern won multiple games in the conference tournament.
Fessler has eight years of coaching at the Division I level under his belt prior to joining the Coyotes. Previous to his time at Georgia Southern, Fessler spent two seasons at Kansas City and five seasons at Bradley. He helped guide Bradley to its first NCAA Tournament bid in 2021.
Prior to entering the Division I ranks, Fessler spent 16 seasons as the head coach at Division II Concordia-St. Paul. He complied a 326-148 record and 10 NCAA Championship bids, reaching the D-II Elite Eight in 2013-14. Fessler was inducted into the Minnesota Girls Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012. He captured three NJCAA Division III National Championships in his first head coaching stop, spending four seasons at Annoka Ramsey Community College.
Hailing from Calumet, Iowa, Fessler earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education from Northern Iowa in 1988.
Fessler and his wife, Shelly, have one daughter, Jade.
