Tiek Fields enters his fourth season as Head Women’s Basketball Coach in 2021-2022 after spending four seasons as the Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at TMU.
The 2015-16 unit won the program’s first-ever conference tournament game, posting a 72-71 victory over St. Andrews University in the opening round of the AAC tournament. The 2016-17 squad recorded the second most wins and second the best record in Truett McConnell’s NAIA era, including a school record eight victories in January 2017.
The 2014-15 Bears set a school record with 17 wins and recorded the program’s first winning season as a four-year NAIA institution. A tie for second place in the final Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) regular season standings that year was the program’s best finish as well.
Nationally in 2014-15, the Bears recorded 13 more victories than the 2013-14 campaign and the fifth best jump in wins for all NAIA Division II programs. Truett McConnell ranked nationally in the top 20 amongst NAIA Division II programs in five statistical categories: Field goal percentage defense (No. 10), total rebound margin (No. 12), defensive rebounds per game (No. 12), 3-point field goal percentage defense (No. 14), and total rebounds per game (No. 18).
In 2013-14, the TMU Bears were a young and talented group that held two All-Freshman Players and a 3rd Team All-Conference Player in the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC).
While assisting Jon Yeh the Bears program also set the school records for points scored in a single game (2015-16), points allowed in a single game (set twice during the 2014-15 season), and the fewest turnovers in a season (2016-17).
Off the court, the Bears have maintained the turnaround. The Bears lead all AAC men’s basketball programs with 12 AAC All-Academic awards since 2014-15. This includes five individuals earning that honor in each of the last two seasons. The program produced its first-ever NAIA Daktronics Scholar Athlete in 2015-16, then saw four individuals earn that elite honor in 2016-17.
Prior to Coaching Fields attended Emmanuel College in Franklin Springs, Georgia, where he was a four-year player for the Lions. During his time at Emmanuel he was apart of 3 National Tournament Teams, two NCCAA appearances winning one and one NAIA Tournament appearance.
Fields graduated from Emmanuel College with a B.S in Computer Information Systems, and received his M.S in Sport Management from Missouri Baptist University.
