Chris Fanning never imagined he would still be coaching after more than three decades, but the Sahuarita High School softball coach has built one of Southern Arizona's most successful programs since taking the helm in 1993.

"If you would have told me 30, 33 years ago, that I would've been coaching this long, I don't know if I would've believed you," Fanning admitted.

Fanning began his career at Sahuarita High School leading the Mustangs' football team before being asked to take on a new challenge at his alma mater.

In 1993, Sahuarita launched its softball program, and Fanning became the first head coach in school history.

"I didn't know what to expect. In having played college baseball…the first year I coached softball, I tried to incorporate a lot of the things we did in baseball and

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