Dr. Frank Fabris was born in Macon, Ga. in 1931 and graduated from Athens High School in 1949. He played football for South Georgia Junior College and for Tulsa University, earning a B.A. degree in 1953. Frank returned to Georgia, where he married Bettye Hendrix of Metter and began an outstanding high school and college football coaching career. He compiled a record of 94-21-3, won six region championships and coached in four State Championship games as the head coach at Vidalia, Cartersville and Rossville. His 1962 Rossville team won the Georgia Football State Championship. Frank was named six times as the Georgia High School Football Coach of the Year and selected to coach the 1963 Georgia All-Star football game. Frank was inducted into the Rossville Athletic Hall of Fame and the Athens Athletic Hall of Fame. Frank began collegiate coaching at Brigham Young University, where he earned his M.S. degree. He continued his coaching career at Vanderbilt University and Mississippi State University. Upon retiring from coaching, Frank earned his Ed.D degree at Mississippi State and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity. He continued his passion for education at the University of Georgia as Assistant Director at The Georgia Center for Continuing Education. He received many awards recognizing his professional work, such as the Walton S. Bittner Service Citation, which is the highest national honor awarded in continuing education. Dr. Fabris passed away at his home in Watkinsville, GA in October 2008.