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Roanoke QB Academy Private quarterback coach in Salem and Roanoke, Virginia. Coach James Fields is one of the top QB coaches in the state of Virginia.

Coach Fields trains the whole quarterback: how he throws, how he thinks, and how he handles pressure. He is a former college quarterback, an outpatient therapist, and a coach on Quarterback Magazine's College Bus + Camps TOUR.

Field Generals
Free evaluation Meet the Field Generals
Coach James Fields directing quarterbacks at the Quarterback Magazine National Camp in San Diego
About 100 QBs trained
One-on-one and small groups, third grade through college
The mental game
Master of Social Work and outpatient therapist
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National Camp in San Diego and two years on The TOUR
Coach James Fields on the field at the Quarterback Magazine National Camp

Private quarterback coach in Roanoke, VA

Meet Coach James Fields

Coach James Fields grew up in Toledo, Ohio, and moved to Southwest Virginia in sixth grade. He played quarterback at Eastern Montgomery High School, where he threw for more than 3,000 yards and 32 touchdowns and completed 70% of his passes as a senior. He went on to play quarterback at Glenville State College in 2013–2014, where he redshirted his freshman year.

That one season turned out to be his last as a player. Academic challenges and personal circumstances ended his college career, and he often wonders how things might have gone with a quarterback coach who taught the mental side of the game along with mechanics and footwork.

He started coaching quarterbacks around 2016 to give Southwest Virginia athletes the specialized training he saw was missing, so they could compete with quarterbacks across the country. Today he is an outpatient therapist with a Master of Social Work, and he trains quarterbacks in the physical, cognitive, and psychological demands of the position.

The Core 7

The Field Generals

Coach Fields has personally trained about 100 quarterbacks and works with 15 to 20 in his regular rotation. These seven are his core group, from a 7th grader to a college sophomore. Each one runs the offense, makes the call, and leads his team.

Tanner Overstreet, number 2 for Salem, walking onto the field under the lights, captioned Field General

Coach's top QB

Tanner Overstreet

Salem High School · #2 · Senior

Coach Fields calls Tanner the best quarterback he has trained. Tanner is the starting quarterback at Salem High School as a senior.

Offer from Old Dominion University (ODU), plus Division II and Division III offers

Tanner Overstreet in his Salem uniform with his coach after a game
Kiptyn Jones, number 17, walking onto the field before a game, captioned Destiny calling

Rising star · TOUR athlete

Kiptyn Jones

Glenvar High School · #17 · Freshman

Coach Fields calls Kiptyn his best young quarterback. He earned the varsity starting job as a freshman and has been on The TOUR.

Kiptyn Jones in his number 17 jersey with his coach after a night game
Cole Bates, number 9, throwing from one knee during warmups in Rockbridge County, Virginia

Core 7 · Freshman

Cole Bates

Parry McCluer High School · #9 · Freshman

A freshman quarterback and one of Coach Fields’ Core 7.

Cole Bates holding a football next to his coach on a grass field
Grant Powell, number 9 for the Roanoke College Maroons, shaking hands with his coach over the stadium wall after a game

College QB

Grant Powell

Roanoke College Maroons · #9 · Redshirt sophomore

The only college quarterback Coach Fields trains right now. Grant is a redshirt sophomore at Roanoke College.

Grant Powell and his coach in the training room
Brayden Wooten, number 9, standing on the field with his hands on his hips during a game

TOUR athlete · 7th grade

Brayden Wooten

Christiansburg · #9 · 7th grade

The starting quarterback for his middle school team as a 7th grader, and heading out on The TOUR this year.

Brayden Wooten holding a football with his coach at practice
Ken McCoy, number 1, walking onto the field at night

JV starter

Ken McCoy

Amherst Lancers · #1 · Freshman

A freshman and the starting JV quarterback at Amherst.

Ken McCoy in his Lancers uniform with his coach on the field
AJ Wheeler, number 2, rolling out with the ball during a night game

TOUR athlete · Junior

AJ Wheeler

Alleghany High School · #2 · Junior

AJ rode The TOUR in 2026 as one of Coach Fields’ TOUR athletes.

AJ Wheeler with coaches and another athlete at a college campus stop on The TOUR

Where his quarterbacks have gone

  • Ben Rodenizer · Rockbridge High SchoolValley Player of the Year after about 3,700 passing yards, 38 touchdowns, and 800 rushing yards. Committed to Shenandoah University and earned college playing time.
  • Miller Jay · Rockbridge High SchoolCommitted to the Virginia Military Institute (VMI).
  • Ty Ruley · Rockbridge High SchoolCommitted to Southern Virginia University (SVU).
  • Tanner Overstreet · Salem High SchoolOffer from Old Dominion University (ODU), plus Division II and Division III offers.
  • Grant Powell · Roanoke CollegeQuarterback on the Roanoke College roster.

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Mentors

Coaches who shaped Coach Fields

Coach Fields has been honored to learn from and work alongside these coaches.

Coach Mark Poston on the sideline with Coach Fields and a Rockbridge quarterback

Coach Mark Poston

Head coach. Coached James Fields in high school, then hired him at Rockbridge.

Coach Fields with Shane Dillon at an indoor facility

Coach Shane Dillon

Offensive coordinator, Christian HS

Coach Fields with Mike Giovando

Coach Mike Giovando

Nationally recognized quarterback coach

Coach Fields with Coach Brooks, both in TOUR 2025 shirts

Coach Brooks

Owner, Motivate The Game

Coach Fields with a mentor at a high school stadium

Mentor name

Position or title

Coach Fields with Coach Grant Caraway of First Down Training

Coach Grant Caraway

First Down Training

Coach Fields with a group of coaches at the NC State Wolfpack indoor facility

Resume

Quarterback coach resume: James Fields

Now

Private quarterback coach

Salem and Roanoke, Virginia. About 100 quarterbacks trained one-on-one and in small groups, plus several hundred more through camps and clinics. 15 to 20 quarterbacks in his current rotation, from third grade through college.

Now

Outpatient therapist

Works in an outpatient clinical setting and brings that experience in mental health and emotional development to his quarterbacks.

2025 – Present

Coach, The TOUR

Quarterback Magazine's College Bus + Camps TOUR, two years in a row. Travels each June with high school athletes to college football camps, and enters his 3rd TOUR in June 2027.

December 2023

Quarterback Magazine National Camp

San Diego, California. Invited as one of the top quarterback coaches at the camp.

Ongoing

Guest coach, First Down Training Camps

Two camps in Nashville, Tennessee, in back-to-back years, and one in the Washington, D.C., area with Coach Grant Caraway. On track for five First Down Training Camps by the end of 2026, adding Nashville and Maryland.

2016 – 2019

Offensive coordinator and quarterback coach, Rockbridge

Three seasons. Year one: quarterbacks and wide receivers. Year two: quarterbacks, junior varsity offensive coordinator, and assistant with the varsity offense. Year three: offensive coordinator and quarterback coach for varsity and junior varsity.

Coach Fields with his Rockbridge quarterback after a night gameCoach Fields celebrating with a Rockbridge player on the sidelineCoach Fields and a Rockbridge player in front of the Rockbridge County scoreboard
2014 – 2015

Junior varsity cornerbacks and wide receivers coach

Northside High School

2013 – 2014

Quarterback, Glenville State College

Redshirt freshman season.

High school

Quarterback, Eastern Montgomery High School

Senior year: more than 3,000 passing yards, 32 touchdowns, 70% completions.

Education

Master of Social Work (MSW)

Graduate study in human behavior, emotional well-being, and effective interventions. Virginia Commonwealth University, 2026.

Certified

Mental Health Coach and Life Coach

Both from the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC).

San Diego, California

Invited to the Quarterback Magazine National Camp

Quarterback Magazine's National Camp in San Diego, California draws quarterbacks from across the country. Only the top quarterback coaches are invited to coach there, and Coach Fields was one of them in December 2023. He has stayed close to Quarterback Magazine ever since.

The camp is where his path with Quarterback Magazine started, and it led to his place on The TOUR.

Quarterbacks running ladder and footwork drills at the Quarterback Magazine National Camp in San Diego, California A coach in a Quarterback Magazine shirt and cap on the field at the San Diego camp A coach in a Quarterback Magazine shirt working with two young quarterbacks in yellow jerseys The coaching staff at the Quarterback Magazine National Camp in San Diego

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On The TOUR

The TOUR is Quarterback Magazine's College Bus + Camps TOUR. Each June, a charter bus carries high school athletes from one college camp to the next, so they can train in front of college coaches.

Coach Fields has coached on two TOURs, in 2025 and 2026, working camps at colleges across the country. He is entering his 3rd TOUR in June 2027, and the Virginia quarterbacks he trains benefit from what he sees on the road.

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Coach Fields and a fellow TOUR coach at the University of South Carolina on The TOUR 2026
Map of Coach Fields' TOUR stopsThe 2025 TOUR went through Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri. The 2026 TOUR went through North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. Home base is Salem, Virginia. 1. Texas Tech2. TCU3. SMU4. North Texas5. Oklahoma6. Kansas7. Missouri1. NC State2. UNC3. Duke4. Winston-Salem State5. Wake Forest6. Charlotte7. Clemson8. Furman9. South Carolina10. Georgia11. Georgia Tech Salem, VA TOUR 2025 TOUR 2026
TOUR 2025 · 7 stopsTOUR 2026 · 11 stopsHome base · Salem, VA

Colleges visited on The TOUR

TOUR 2025 · 7 colleges

  • Texas Tech
  • TCU
  • SMU
  • North Texas
  • Oklahoma
  • Kansas
  • Missouri

TOUR 2026 · 11 colleges

  • NC State
  • UNC
  • Duke
  • Winston-Salem State
  • Wake Forest
  • Charlotte
  • Clemson
  • Furman
  • South Carolina
  • Georgia
  • Georgia Tech

How he trains

The whole quarterback

“I don’t die on the hill of mechanics.”Coach Fields

Mechanics and footwork matter, and if something is hurting a quarterback’s play, Coach Fields fixes it. But his main focus is the mental game: how a quarterback processes information, makes decisions, handles adversity, and stays confident under pressure. The goal isn’t only a better throw. It’s a quarterback who thinks better, responds better, and performs more consistently.

Cognitive performance

Processing speed, decision-making, impulse control, working memory, and attention. Quarterbacks learn to see the information, make the right call, and execute with confidence.

Quarterback fundamentals

Throwing mechanics, footwork, defensive recognition, and reading and reacting to defensive structures.

Mental health

Help with the hard parts of the position, like a benching, a transfer, a rough game, lost confidence, or the pressure to meet expectations, drawing on his work as an outpatient therapist.

A session, start to finish

  1. Warm up the body and the brain. Full-body warm-up, stability work, and card games like UNO that test processing speed, attention, memory, and decisions.
  2. Check in. A gratitude prompt, a goal, or something hard from the field or from life, so the mental work starts right away.
  3. Mobility. Stretching for the rotator cuff, lats, and hips, plus hip strength.
  4. Throw. From stationary throws to throws on the run, with footwork, mechanics, and body awareness from the ground up.
  5. Track it. Completions in each drill are recorded so athletes can see their progress.
  6. Finish strong. Every quarterback leaves knowing what improved and what to work on next.

Where and when

Quarterback training in Salem, VA

Private training

One-on-one

Monday, Wednesday and Friday: any time after 3:30 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday: any time after 6 p.m.
Schedule is subject to change. Text Coach Fields each week to book.

Group training

Weekend groups

Quarterbacks train and compete together. Day and time are set each week. Groups met on 49 of 52 weekends last year.

Location

Salem, Virginia

A facility near the Lakeside Kroger with an indoor studio and a 50-yard field attached.
211 Electric Rd, Salem, VA

Training programs

6 sessions

$900

Private one-on-one training.

12 sessions

$1,650

Private one-on-one training, plus 10 free group sessions ($300 value).

Weekend group

$30

Per quarterback, per session.

Weekend group times change from week to week. Reach out and Coach Fields will send you this week’s schedule.

Contact Coach Fields

Training quarterbacks from Salem, Roanoke, Roanoke County, Vinton, Daleville, Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Radford, Bedford, Lynchburg, and across Southwest Virginia.

Film room

Coach Fields Video Series

Questions

Quarterback coaching in Virginia

Who are the top quarterback coaches in Virginia?

Coach James Fields of Roanoke QB Academy is one of the top private quarterback coaches in Virginia. He trains quarterbacks in Salem, Roanoke, and surrounding areas, and he coaches on Quarterback Magazine's College Bus + Camps TOUR.

Is there a private quarterback coach near Roanoke, VA?

Yes. Coach Fields trains quarterbacks in Salem, Virginia, minutes from Roanoke. Quarterbacks from Roanoke, Vinton, Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Lynchburg, and the rest of Southwest Virginia are welcome.

What does a private quarterback coach work on?

Coach Fields trains three things: cognitive performance (processing speed, decisions, attention), quarterback fundamentals (mechanics, footwork, reading defenses), and the mental side of the position. Each plan is built around the player.

Is there a free evaluation?

Email Coach Fields at [email protected], message him on Instagram at @CoachFieldsMTG, or use the contact form to ask about a free evaluation. He will look at where your quarterback is today and talk about goals.

How much does quarterback training cost?

Private programs are $900 for 6 sessions and $1,650 for 12 sessions. The 12-session program includes 10 free weekend group sessions ($300 value). Weekend group sessions are $30 per quarterback.

When and where does training happen?

Private sessions are any time after 3:30 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and any time after 6 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday. The schedule is subject to change, so text Coach Fields each week to book. Group sessions are on weekends, with the day and time set each week. Training is at 211 Electric Rd in Salem, Virginia, near the Lakeside Kroger, with an indoor studio and a 50-yard field.

Do you train high school quarterbacks for college camps?

Coach Fields coaches on The TOUR, which takes high school athletes to college football camps. Contact us to talk about getting a quarterback ready for camps and the next level.

What age can a quarterback start private training?

Coach Fields trains quarterbacks from third grade through college. Each plan is built around the athlete’s age, experience, and skill level.

Do you train quarterbacks outside Roanoke?

Coach Fields trains in Salem, Virginia. Families from across Virginia are welcome to reach out about schedules.

Contact

Ask about a free evaluation

The best way to reach Coach Fields is email or Instagram, or fill out the form. Tell him your quarterback’s age, grade, and what you want to work on.

Email Coach Fields
  • Instagram@CoachFieldsMTG
  • LocationSalem, Virginia, near the Lakeside Kroger

Our partners

Partner and sponsor

Official Partner of Roanoke QB Academy

Quarterback Magazine

Quarterback Magazine is a national quarterback brand based in the United States. It publishes athlete features, runs quarterback camps, ranks quarterbacks, and organizes The College Bus + Camps TOUR, where Coach Fields coaches.

See quarterback profiles at QuarterbackMagazine.com

Official Sponsor of Roanoke QB Academy

Motivate The Game

Owned by Coach Brooks, one of the mentors who shaped Coach Fields.

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