Overview

• The appointment follows a nationwide search to replace former AD Mario Moccia, who departed earlier this year.
• Fields comes from the University of Tulsa, where he served as deputy athletics director and chief operating officer and overseen daily operations and football administration.
• At Texas A&M, he restructured student-athlete services, leading to record results in GPA, APR, and graduation success metrics.
• A former Syracuse safety and All-Big East honoree with a brief stint at the Carolina Panthers, Fields brings about two decades in collegiate athletics.
• NMSU says details on a press conference and community meet-and-greet will be announced later this week as Fields prepares to lead a department working through recent program challenges.