Football
- Title:
- General Manager, Director of Scouting
- Phone:
- (304) 293-4194
Drew Fabianich joined the Mountaineer Football Staff as the General Manager and the Director of Scouting in July 2023.
Fabianich was one of the first administrators in college football to serve in the general manager role, first at Auburn and now at West Virginia. He oversees roster management and serves in a management function in the areas of recruiting, player personnel, portal oversight, NIL consulting and player retention. He, and his staff, develop and produce a comprehensive scouting report of each opponent that aid the coaching staff in their advance preparation.
Fabianich came to West Virginia after spending one year as the general manager and director of scouting and development at Auburn.
He brings 38 years of teaching, coaching, talent acquisition and performance evaluation at all levels. He spent more than 18 years as part of the scouting department with the Dallas Cowboys, including his last 14 as a national scout.
He joined the Cowboys in 2003 as a Southeast and Midwest scout until he was promoted to a national scout in 2005. He scouted, evaluated and graded their national prospects. Dallas had one of the highest percentages of NFL Pro Bowlers drafted in the NFL, having 67 pro bowl appearances during his tenure.
Prior to that, Fabianich spent 18 years as a college and high school coach. His career started in 1986 at Mesa State (Colo.), as the quarterbacks, wide receivers and passing game coordinator for two years before becoming a graduate assistant at Baylor.
He then was the defensive ends coach and special teams/defensive graduate assistant at Tennessee (1990-93), defensive coordinator/linebackers coach at Tennessee-Martin (1994-98), defensive coordinator and linebacker coach at Louisiana-Monroe (1998-01) and the defensive coordinator and secondary coach at W.T. White High School (2001-03) before starting with the Cowboys.
Fabianich earned his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from Mesa College in Grand Junction, Colorado in 1988. He played quarterback and wide receiver as an undergraduate before finishing his career as an assistant receivers and safeties coach. He helped lead Mesa to conference championships in 1982-86 and earn a spot in the national championship game in 1982 and 1983.
A native of Longmont, Colorado, Fabianich and his wife, Heather, live in Morgantown. Fabianich has four children – daughters, Ashleigh and Landis, and sons, Dominic and Markus.
