Long-time National Football League scout Drew Fabianich was named Auburn football’s General Manager and Director of Scouting and Development in July 2022. Fabianich spent the past 18-plus years with the Dallas Cowboys, including the last 14 as a national scout for the organization.
In his role with Auburn, Fabianich will utilize his extensive scouting background to bolster Auburn’s identification and evaluation of prospects, while working with all phases of the Auburn football player personnel and recruiting areas. He will also provide development support for current players, utilizing his two decades of NFL experience.
Fabianich joined the Cowboys in 2003 as a Southeast and Midwest scout until his promotion in 2005 as a national scout. In that role, Fabianich was responsible for scouting, evaluating and grading national prospects. Over the last 10-plus years while Fabianich was with the organization, Dallas had one of the highest percentages of Pro Bowlers drafted in the NFL.
Before joining the professional ranks, Fabianich spent 18 years coaching in the college and high school ranks. He began his coaching career in 1986 at his alma mater, Mesa State (Colo.) University, as a quarterbacks, wide receivers and passing game coordinator for two years before serving as a defensive graduate assistant at Baylor.
Fabianich was a defensive line coach at the University of Tennessee from 1990-93 before being named defensive coordinator at UT-Martin. After a three-year stint at UT-Martin, Fabianich spent three years as defensive coordinator at Louisiana Monroe and two in the same capacity at WT White High School in Dallas before joining the Cowboys in 2003. As a collegiate player, Fabianich was a quarterback at Mesa State from 1982-86.
A native of Longmont, Colorado, he is married to Heather Hope Fabianich. Fabianich has four children, Markus, Landis, Dominic and Ashleigh.
In his role with Auburn, Fabianich will utilize his extensive scouting background to bolster Auburn’s identification and evaluation of prospects, while working with all phases of the Auburn football player personnel and recruiting areas. He will also provide development support for current players, utilizing his two decades of NFL experience.
Fabianich joined the Cowboys in 2003 as a Southeast and Midwest scout until his promotion in 2005 as a national scout. In that role, Fabianich was responsible for scouting, evaluating and grading national prospects. Over the last 10-plus years while Fabianich was with the organization, Dallas had one of the highest percentages of Pro Bowlers drafted in the NFL.
Before joining the professional ranks, Fabianich spent 18 years coaching in the college and high school ranks. He began his coaching career in 1986 at his alma mater, Mesa State (Colo.) University, as a quarterbacks, wide receivers and passing game coordinator for two years before serving as a defensive graduate assistant at Baylor.
Fabianich was a defensive line coach at the University of Tennessee from 1990-93 before being named defensive coordinator at UT-Martin. After a three-year stint at UT-Martin, Fabianich spent three years as defensive coordinator at Louisiana Monroe and two in the same capacity at WT White High School in Dallas before joining the Cowboys in 2003. As a collegiate player, Fabianich was a quarterback at Mesa State from 1982-86.
A native of Longmont, Colorado, he is married to Heather Hope Fabianich. Fabianich has four children, Markus, Landis, Dominic and Ashleigh.