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A veteran of the Aggie Soccer Field sidelines, associate head coach Jason Hotaling returns for his 19th season overall with the Aggies in 2023. Elevated to his current position in April of 2014, Hotaling’s duties include coordinating the program’s recruiting efforts, team travel and scouting, while also leading the development of UC Davis’ goalkeepers.

Under Hotaling's watch, UC Davis keepers have posted a combined save percentage over .700 in three straight seasons.

“Jason has been on my staff for many years, working his way up from a volunteer assistant to his new position as the associate head coach,” head coach Dwayne Shaffer said. “He has been instrumental in the development of our outstanding goalkeepers throughout the years and will now assume more responsibility in helping take our program to the next level.”

Hotaling has helped engineer the Aggies’ successful transition to the Division I level and the always difficult Big West Conference, helping lead UC Davis to a consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances in 2007 (first round) and 2008 (second round), and another appearance in 2019 (second round). With Hotaling on staff, UC Davis earned eight consecutive trips to the Big West Tournament, winning the conference’s North Division and a spot into the tournament’s championship match in 2012, 2017, 2018, and 2019. The Aggies advanced to the semifinals in 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2021.

In 2021 with Hotaling on staff, UC Davis returned from a one-year competition absence due to the Big West Conference canceling the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic and went 9-10-1. The Aggies advanced to the Big West Conference Tournament semifinal, defeating CSU Bakersfield in the quarterfinals to get there. Goalkeeper Derrek Chan posted four shutouts and both Chan and Charles Janssen both had save percentages over .700.

In addition, the Aggies welcomed a 10-member signing class that comes in ready to contribute immediately to the 2022 squad.

UC Davis enjoyed a historic season in 2019, one that saw it win both Big West championships — regular season and the league’s year-end tournament — for the first time in program history, earn a bye and a No. 14 ranking in the NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Tournament. Men’s soccer also recorded a historic accomplishment that season when it hosted Louisville in Aggie Soccer Field’s inaugural Second Round Tournament match.

With all-region standout Wallis Lapsley in goal, the Aggies’ defense allowed a paltry 13 goals throughout the championship campaign — one of the lowest totals in the nation, among all Division I teams, and in program history. Not only did men’s soccer match a program record with its 13 overall victories, its seven home wins also tie a program-best figure.

Under his tutelage, the Aggies earned a collective 81 All-Big West awards, including 15 first-team honorees. In only its second full season of play at the Division I level, Hotaling also helped tutor a pair of NSCAA All-Americans in 2008, as Quincy Amarikwa and Dylan Curtis earned second- and third-team honors, respectively.

Six other student-athletes: Amarikwa (2008), Dylan Curtis (2008), Brian Ford (2012), Omar Zeenni (2013), Roy Boateng (2017), Nabi Kibunguchy (2017) and Lapsley (2019) were named to the NSCAA All-Far West Region squad during his time on the sidelines, including first-team honors for Amarikwa and Curtis in their respective seasons.

Cumbo has made it into the playoffs every year at Las Positas College and earned his 100^th “Las Positas” win for the college on September 13^th, 2023. He has coached teams who have been nationally ranked, players who have become professionals, All American’s and Conference Players of the Year. He is well connected with 4 year coaches and has a sturdy reputation for moving players on to the next level. He is also currently the Kinesiology program coordinator and the Assistant Athletic Director.

Coach Cumbo earned a Master’s Degree in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Teaching and Coaching at the collegiate level from Humboldt State, an Undergraduate Degree in Philosophy from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, an “A” Level Coaching License from the United States Soccer Federation and both the Advanced National and Advanced National Goalkeeper Diploma from the NSCAA.

He has been a positive ambassador of the game, and has served as a volunteer for the United Soccer Coaches Organization for 20 years and currently serves at the West Region Chairman for the All-America Committee. He previously served 9 years as the National Chairman for the Division II All-America Committee, 10 years as the West Region Chairman, and 3 years as the chair of the NCAA Division II MLS Combine recommendation committee. In 2015, he also became an NSCAA Instructor for the Level I, II and III Goalkeeper Courses. Cumbo also remains current in education and earned the Certificate of Completion in the course, Teaching Men of Color in the Community College, and completed the NSCAA & Athlete Ally LGBT Diversity and Inclusion Diploma Course.

In 2015, Coach Cumbo took his college team on a cultural and athletic adventure to England, fundraising 100 percent of the expenses for the eight-day trip. The international experience included three major competitions, a two-night stay at Upton Park with a West Ham vs. Sunderland match, and a three-night stay with the Wolverhampton Wanderers while training and competing on their grounds. The team competed against the Wolverhampton Wanderers Youth Academy, Knockbreda FC from Belfast, Northern Ireland and the men’s soccer team from Nottingham University. The team also toured Buckingham Palace, the London Eye, and Warwick Castle.

While living in the East Bay Coach Cumbo has been involved locally as youth coach as well. He was an assistant coach for the San Jose Earthquakes USSDA teams during the 2014 and 2015 seasons. In 2015 for the first time ever both the U16 and U18 teams advanced to the Playoffs, and the U18’s made it to the USSDA Final Four. In 2014 the U16 team made it to the quarter finals. In addition, he has been involved with Ballistic United SC in Pleasanton, Dublin SC in Dublin, Tri Valley SC in San Ramon and Mustang SC in Danville.

He also had a successful career as a student-athlete. A four-year starting goalkeeper and record holder at the State University of New York-Plattsburgh, Cumbo received All-Conference honors, recorded 55 wins, 24 shutouts and was a two-year captain. He competed in the NCAA Tournament and won a SUNYAC Conference Championship. As a youth, he competed for the New York State West ODP Team, the Rochester Mavericks Soccer Club and won a Gold Medal for the Western New York Team in the Empire State Amateur Games and numerous State Cup Championships with the Mavericks. He also competed internationally in both Holland and Spain during high school.

As an undergraduate student, he spent three semesters on exchange. He participated in the International Exchange program while attending Chester University in England, and the National Student Exchange program while attending Humboldt State University in Northern California.

"It is a dream to be here, to be transitioning to a powerhouse university, where the weather is nice, the food is great and the soccer is excellent," Fernandez said. "Coach Tim Vom Steeg reached out in February and I instantly knew that I wanted to come coach and learn from him. The wealth of knowledge that he has is immense."

Fernandez has accumulated plenty of knowledge himself, entering his twelfth season of coaching. He has operated MSF Goalkeeping Academy in Fresno since 2013 and, along with his time at Fresno Pacific, has stints with Fresno State Women's Soccer and Central Valley Fuego FC's youth academy on his resume. As a player, he split his college career between Cal State Monterey Bay and Fresno Pacific, then played professionally for the Fresno Foxes, Valley FC, and Central Valley Fuego FC from 2017-2023.

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He holds a USSF “A” License and has coached D1 NCAA athletics at both Stanford University and Saint Mary’s College of California. While at Stanford he guided the Cardinal women’s soccer team to an elite eight finish in the 2002 NCAA playoffs and was named National Coach of the Year by Soccer America for this achievement. He also served Northern California as Director of Coaching, where he specialized in sport science and coach education.