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Austin Fields

Austin Fields

Graduate Assistant

Austin Fields is in his third season with the Hokies. He joined the staff as a graduate assistant in the summer of 2022. A graduate of Slippery Rock University, Fields, who works with the offensive line, was the run game coordinator and offensive line coach at West Virginia State in 2021.

Prior to his time at West Virginia State, Fields previously worked at Bluffton University, Heidelberg University and Slippery Rock.

As on offensive lineman at Slippery Rock, Fields played in 31 games in his three-year career. His senior season in 2017, Fields helped anchor a line that blocked for an offense which ranked fifth in the nation in passing, eighth in fourth down conversions, 11th in scoring, 11th in third down conversion, 21st in first downs and 24th in total offense. He began his collegiate career at West Virginia where he redshirted.