After two years as director of operations at Gonzaga, Fortier was an assistant coach at Northern Colorado in the 2006-07 season, then an assistant at Gonzaga from 2007 to 2014 [REF].
On April 14, 2014, Fortier was hired to become the Gonzaga women's basketball head coach, succeeding Kelly Graves, who accepted the head coaching position for Oregon women's basketball the week before [REF].