DALLAS (AP) — One of the biggest adjustments right now for new Dallas Wings coach Jose Fernandez is not being in the gym for games at this time of year after more than three decades in coaching.

The 53-year-old Fernandez will instead spend the next four to five months preparing for his first professional season and getting to know the current Wings players. They include Paige Bueckers, last season's No. 1 overall draft pick and WNBA Rookie of the Year , and four-time All-Star guard Arike Ogunbowale after she played only 29 games before missing the final month of the season because of tendinitis in her right knee.

“I wanted to coach this group and I wanted to work with this franchise," Fernandez said during his formal introduction Thursday, 10 days after being named the Dallas coach .

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