Overview

• Fields arrives from the University of Tulsa, where he served as deputy athletics director and chief operating officer overseeing day-to-day operations and football administration.
• At Texas A&M, he led a restructuring of the Center for Student-Athlete Services that reporters say produced record results in GPA, APR and graduate success rates.
• NMSU President Valerio Ferme praised his devotion to the overall excellence of student-athletes, highlighting integrity and leadership.
• Search committee chair Justin Bannister underscored Fields’ combined perspective as a former athlete and seasoned administrator.
• A former Syracuse safety with a brief Carolina Panthers stint, Fields holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Syracuse and, with his wife Sade, has three children.