North Carolina State University Athletics
NC State Women’s Basketball Staff is Finalized with Dardarian, Fancher
8/21/2026 12:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
RALEIGH – NC State women's basketball finalized its 2026-27 staff with Dan Dardarian as the director of video/scouting and Ethan Fancher as the program's graduate assistant.
Dardarian joins the Wolfpack with nearly 10 years of NCAA Division I men's and women's basketball experience. He spent the 2025-26 season with Indiana women's basketball as the team and recruitment analyst.
Fancher has served as a student manager and practice player for the women's team for the past five seasons. He will be pursuing a master's degree in liberal arts while in his new role for the Wolfpack.
Prior to his time in Bloomington, Dardarian was the assistant director of operations for Vanderbilt men's basketball during the 2023-24 season. He spent the two prior seasons, from 2021-23, as the director of video and scouting for the SMU women's basketball program. He also spent three seasons, 2018-21, with the Michigan women's basketball program as the video coordinator. The Wolverines advanced to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 for the first time in school history in 2021.
Dardarian became the first video coordinator at IMG Academy prior to the 2014-15 season and before his time in college athletics. He managed a video database of more than 400 games per season, while also coordinating schedules and assisting with pro days.
A Michigan native, Dardarian earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from Oakland in 2008 and a master's in sports administration from Wayne State in 2011. As an undergrad at Oakland, Dardarian worked as a student assistant for the men's basketball program.
Fancher worked as a student manager and practice player from 2021-26, a five-year span that includes some of the greatest seasons in NC State women's basketball history. Since his sophomore year, Fancher has been on the bench next to the assistant coaches and players during games with a device that shows the replay of plays.
Throughout his five years, the Wolfpack registered a 132-41 record, won an ACC Tournament (2022) and regular season (2025) championship and made three Sweet 16 appearances (2022, 2024 and 2025) and one Final Four (2024).
During his first season in 2021-22, the Wolfpack set a school record with 32 wins and advanced to the first Elite Eight since 1998. In his junior season with NC State, Fancher was on the bench and a key practice player when NC State advanced to the Final Four in 2024. The Wolfpack also advanced to the program's 17th Sweet 16 in 2025.
Fancher graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications from NC State in December 2025.
