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布拉德字段, 1998年bwin体育毕业生, has served as director of athletics and recreation since returning to Centre in 2013. Centre has achieved a great deal of success in Fields’ years of 领导, as 11 programs have combined to win over 40 Southern Athletic Association championships between the regular season and tournament competition. 

除了, Centre has had several programs make the NCAA Postseason, highlighted by "Final Four" runs from women's soccer in 2015 and men's soccer in 2019. Individually, Annie Rodenfels captured three NCAA Track & Field Championships during the 2018 and 2019 seasons. 

In 2018-19, buoyed by a record-setting fall that saw NCAA postseason appearances from football, women's cross country and men's and women's soccer, Centre finished 62nd out of almost 450 Division III institutions in the Learfield Directors' Cup. It was the second-best mark in the department's history and was first among all SAA schools. 

Fields has managed several facility upgrades during his tenure. 在2015年的夏天, Fields oversaw a major renovation project in Sutcliffe Hall, the college’s main athletic facility. 10,000-square foot transformation included the revamping of seven locker rooms, 近300个新储物柜, 三个走廊, 运动训练室, 洗衣房, 教练的更衣室, as well as a new team room for meetings and special events. Later, would receive much-needed renovations, as well. 

Other new projects and renovations led by Fields include the Fishman Center, Seabury Family Tennis Center, and perhaps the most notable, Andrew P. 修改字段. 

Fields guided a rebranding effort for Centre 体育运动 in 2015, leading a committee that generated a new unified visual identity for the athletic department. 还有品牌重塑, Fields directed a department restructuring for the 2015-16 academic year, which included the addition of the Deputy Athletic Director position. This new role has helped shape a growing external communications staff that features a three-person Communications department. 

在他任职期间, Fields is responsible for the hiring of several head coaches, including two that have already been named SAA Coach of the Year in Grant Zimmerman (men's lacrosse) and Monica Scott (women's lacrosse). 

Additionally, in his first year, Fields served on the SAA Athletic Directors Executive Committee. He is also a member of Centre College’s senior staff. 

他是肯塔基州阿什兰人.菲尔兹得了B.S. degree at Centre with a double major in economics and Spanish. 后来他获得了M.S. 体育管理学位, with an emphasis in intercollegiate administration, from the California University of Pennsylvania. His graduate-level work included courses in ethics, 金融, 领导, 这项运动的法律方面, 管理, NCAA合规, 公共关系, 体育营销, 和第九条. 

“作为一名自豪的校友, it is a challenge to put into words the profound impact Centre has had in shaping me—not just in my four years as an undergraduate, but through the lifelong relationships I enjoy with so many who continue to be a positive influence,菲尔兹说. 

“To combine my passion for Division III athletics and Centre College is truly a special opportunity,菲尔兹补充道. “I believe that Centre athletics is poised to become one of the elite Division III programs in the country, joining Centre’s presence on the national academic landscape.” 

Fields began his career in 1999 at the University of South Carolina-Aiken, an NCAA Division II school that competes in the Peach Belt Conference and fields 11 collegiate teams. He served as sports information director for four years at USC Aiken before being promoted to assistant athletic director. His work won numerous awards from CoSIDA, the College Sports Information Directors of America. Fields returned to Kentucky in 2008, taking the position of director of athletic media relations at Western Kentucky University, a Division I program competing in the Sun Belt Conference. 从那里, Fields moved in 2010 to a position as athletic director at Eastern University, which fields 16 intercollegiate sports. 

在他任职期间 at Eastern, the Eagles combined for six regular season conference titles, eight conference tournament crowns, and 14 NCAA Tournament appearances, including an NCAA Final Four trip by volleyball in 2011. 除了, Eastern student-athletes achieved a graduation rate 16.7 percent higher than the rest of the student body, maintaining a cumulative GPA of 3.11 in the 2012-13 academic year. 

Fields and his wife, Julie, have three children, Maddie, Emma, and Katelyn.