Roosevelt University

Alex Fanning joined the Lakers coaching staff in July 2026 and enters her first season as an assistant coach at Roosevelt in 2026-27.

Fanning is a native of Elmwood Park, Ill., and returns to Chicagoland after two seasons as an assistant coach at Tiffin. She helped guide Megan Campbell to second-team All-GMAC honors this past season for the Dragons and oversaw seven student-athletes earning CSC Academic All-District honors in two seasons at Tiffin. 

Roosevelt women's basketball head coach Deon Thomas was an assistant coach at Benedictine in 2019 when Fanning was a freshman phenom for the Eagles. She was named the NACC Player of the Year in her first year at Benedictine and was also named Rookie of the Year for the Midwest Region. Fanning would go on to repeat as NACC Player of the Year in 2022 before playing her final year of eligibility at Truman State in 2022-23, where she was named a third-team All-GLVC selection

Fanning stayed on at Truman State in 2023-24 as a graduate assistant before heading to Tiffin. In 2024, Fanning participated in the So You Want To Be A Coach program sponsored by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.