Prep Talk: This Coach Takes Multitasking To A Different Level

The 2025-26 precocious schoolhouse sports play has required Armando Fernandez to multitask astatine an bonzer level.

He has served arsenic caput coach astatine Sotomayor for boys’ hoops and volleyball, and is interim caput coach for baseball. He besides was caput coach for Franklin’s emblem shot team. Each squad has won playoff games this season.

He besides teaches belief classes astatine Cathedral while serving arsenic head of transportation. And he’s joined pinch children ages 19, 10 and 4.

“Lucky I person an astonishing woman who is supportive,” he said.

And what does she opportunity erstwhile he keeps accepting coaching jobs?

“She rolls her eyes. Another one?”

He took complete arsenic interim shot coach astatine Sotomayor 2 weeks ago. With nan thief of a unpaid adjunct coach, Sotomayor opened nan City Section Division III playoffs pinch a 7-2 triumph complete Smidt Tech connected Tuesday.

He besides has 2 daughters playing softball and nan 4-year-old is fresh to make his T-ball debut.

As they say, a coach must deterioration galore different hats, and Fernandez is virtually doing conscionable that.

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