LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Following a national search, New Mexico State University has selected Joe Fields, Deputy Athletics Director and Chief Operating Officer at the University of Tulsa, as its next Director of Athletics. Fields will begin his new role Oct. 8.
Fields joined the University of Tulsa in August 2024 with 20 years' experience in college athletics, both as a leader and a competitor. As a student-athlete, Fields played football at Syracuse University from 2004 to 2007, earning All-Big East Conference honors at safety. He then played professionally for one season with the NFL's Carolina Panthers.