NMSU Hires Three Assistant Athletic Directors in 'Reset'

New Mexico State Athletics on Monday announced several key staff additions, executive leadership updates and a new sport administration structure designed to strengthen operations, enhance the student-athlete experience and position the department for continued success.

"These additions and role alignments reflect our commitment to building a comprehensive, student-athlete-centered athletics department," said NMSU athletics director Joe Fields, according to Monday's department release. "We are assembling an experienced, innovative leadership team that will positively impact every area of our department."

Molly Tye, who joins NMSU from Texas A&M University, has been named deputy athletics director for internal operations and senior woman administrator. Eric Crawford, who comes to NMSU from Georgia Southwestern State University, has been named chief financial officer. Josh Hadley, most recently at the University of Utah, has been named senior associate athletics director for student-athlete services.

Tye and Hadley had worked with Fields previously at Texas A&M. Fields was hired Oct. 8 by NMSU as a first-time athletic director.

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In addition, Chet Savage, Nicole Sack and Joseph Almaguer have been promoted from within the NMSU department.

Finally, nine individuals were given sport-specific administrative assignments. "These assignments ensure our programs receive focused leadership and support while maintaining accountability and alignment with our departmental goals," Fields said.

Last week, Fields addressed the “unfortunate” turnover on the school’s “Cup of Joe” podcast, citing a desire to modernize NMSU’s athletic department after several months of evaluation, as reported by the Albuquerque Journal.

“Once you kind of take a look at how we were operating as an athletics department [and] the individuals that we have in the building, I think the decision, for me, was really clear that we needed to reset [to be] able to truly move forward,” Fields said.