Roger Fannon has served as assistant coach of the Emory softball team since the 2008-09 school year.  

Fannon's primary duties is working with outfielders and he also serves as the recruiting coordinator.  In addition, he assists with scheduling, practice planning, travel and coaching hitters.  Fannon helped guided Emory to the 2010 UAA conference championship, the program's first league crown since, 2003.   In his initial season, the Eagles landed a spot in the NCAA Tournament and Fannon   was a member of the 2009 UAA Coaching Staff of the Year. 

No stranger to the game, Fannon coached softball, baseball and tennis for 33 years at five different high schools. He has won seven region championships and been to the final four on three occasions, and been named AAA Region Coach of the year five times. . He also served as a region representative for softball for 10 years and his high school teams accumulated over 355 victories.

Fannon also built and maintained two high school baseball fields and two high school softball complexes. He has operated a softball coaching clinic for community coaches each year and conducted a camp for players age 8 through 13 years as a fund-raising project and a learning tool for current players.

Fannon graduated from Ball State University (IN) with a B.S. degree in 1975 and an M.S. degree in 1978. He received his Ed. Specialist degree from Georgia State University in 1987.

He has been married to wife Margie for 37 years and they have one daughter, Megan.