| Email: | brian.fernandes@bristolcc.edu |
| Title: | Director of Athletics and Recreation |
| Phone: | 774-357-2958 |
On August 1, 2023 Brian Fernandes was named the Director of Athletics and Recreation at Bristol Community College. Fernandes stated, "I would like to thank the leadership team at Bristol Community College for their confidence in me to lead the department. I am ready for this opportunity to build on the tradition and success of the programs by elevating our student-athletes". Fernandes provides a strong focus on student success and athletic recruitment. He is responsible for maintaining student-athlete academic guidelines, eligibility compliance and ethics standards. The Bayhawks represent Bristol Community College in the NJCAA Region XXI and compete in Women's Volleyball, Women's and Men's Soccer, Women's and Men's Cross-Country and Women's and Men's Basketball.
Since assuming the role, Fernandes has led the department through a period of significant growth. He is responsbile for securing grant funding for the expansion of sports offerings with the incpetion of the Women's Volleyball program in 2023. Fernandes has enhanced the visibility of recruitment efforts through an elevated social media presense and in person information session offerings. Committed to improving the student-athlete experience, Fernandes developed Bayhawks 101 an onboarding program centered on academic acheivement. Fernandes supports athletics fundrasing iniatives as a committee member and participate of the annual Birdies for Bayhawks Golf Tournament. Fernandes is also a committee member of the NJCAA Region XXI Men's Basketball Sport Committee.
Under Fernandes' leadership, the Bayhawks teams have earned consistent regional playoff appearances across several sports. During the 2025-2026 season, four of five varsity teams qualified for the NJCAA Region XXI playoffs including the 2025 NJCAA Region XXI Women's Soccer Champions. Another postseason milestone in 2025, the Women's Basketball team won its first NJCAA Region XXI playoff game in program history. Student-athletes and coaches have earned numerous Regional and National recognitions including NJCAA All-Region XXI, NJCAA All-American, Coach of the Year and Dean's list academic acheivement honors during his tenure.
Fernandes became the Head Men's Basketball Coach for the 2019-2020 season. Coach Fernandes has a 82-72 overall record and had fifteen student-athletes earn NJCAA All-Region XXI honors. In the 2021-2022 season, Fernandes led Bristol to a 10-1 record start and a top 15 National Ranking. Again in the 2024-2025 season, Bristol was recognized in the National Rankings as an Honorable Mention with a 7-1 record start. Bristol has finished as a playoff team four times in Region XXI, hosting three home playoff games during his six seasons at the helm.