#143: John Fields is the Head Men’s Golf Coach at the University of Texas. He is currently in his 27th season at Head Coach of the Longhorns. Coach Fields became the Longhorns’ head coach in August 1997 and has guided Texas to 21 NCAA Championship appearances in his 25 opportunities.

Under Fields’ leadership, UT has posted 10 top-five finishes at the NCAA Championship, including NCAA team titles in 2012 and 2022 and runner-up showings in 2016 and 2019. The Longhorns have reached the NCAA quarterfinals (the ‘Match Play’ portion of the national championship) a national-best seven times in their last 11 opportunities. UT owns the nation’s-longest current streak of consecutive Division I Men’s Golf NCAA Championship appearances at 16, dating back to the 2007 season.

Fields was selected as Golfweek’s Men’s National Coach of the Year in 2022. He earned the prestigious accolade for the third time during his tenure at Texas, as he previously received the honor in 2012 and 2016. Fields has been voted the Big 12 Coach of the Year a total of nine times in his time in Austin (2002, 2003, 2004, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2022).

Texas has claimed a total of eight Big 12 Conference team championships under Fields.

Fields has produced 27 All-Americans at Texas: with well known players such as, Jordan Spieth, Matt Bortis, Dylan Frittelli, Doug Ghim, Cody Gribble, Cole Hammer, Charlie Holland, Beau Hossler, Julio Vegas, Brandon Stone, Scottie Scheffler, and many many more.

But more than all of the accolades and titles Coach Fields is about excellence in all he does. Leadership, Class, Integrity, Player development., Championship culture are all words that define John Fields. On the show you will see why he has had so much success on and off the course.

For more on Coach Fields and UT golf check out texassports.com or social at Texas Men’s Golf. 

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