Paul Fessler recently completed the 2024-25 season as the associate head coach for Georgia Southern women's basketball.
The Eagles compiled an overall 16-18 record, including a 6-12 mark in the Sun Belt Conference, but Georgia Southern ended the season winning 7 of its last 11 games. This included a pair of wins in the 2025 Sun Belt Conference Championships as the Eagles defeated Southern Miss, 70-59, in the first round and ULM, 75-69, in the second round. It was the first time that Georgia Southern had won multiple games in the Sun Belt Tournament and the first time winning multiple games in a conference tournament since 2005.
Fessler joined the Eagles after spending the previous two seasons as the Associate Head Coach at the University of Missouri - Kansas City. The Roos were the first 10-seed to advance to the Summit League semifinals during Fessler's first season in Kansas City in 2022-23.
Prior to his two seasons with the Roos, Fessler served as an assistant/associate head coach at Bradley University for five seasons from 2016-21. Bradley captured the Summit League title and earned the program's first NCAA tournament bid in 2021.
He served as the head coach at NCAA Division II Concordia St. Paul for 16 seasons, amassing a 326-148 record (.688) and earning 10 NCAA Championships bids, including a trip to the DII Elite Eight in 2013-14. Fessler's coaching career began at Annoka Ramsey Community College, where he served as a head coach for four seasons, winning 101 games and capturing three NJCAA Division III National Championships.
A native of Sutherland, Iowa, Fessler graduated with his bachelor's degree in physical education from the University of Northern Iowa in 1988. He was inducted into the Minnesota Girls Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012.
Fessler and his wife, Shelly, have one daughter, Jade.
