Bob Stitt

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Bob Stitt
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Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Colorado Mines
Biographical details
Born (1964-05-04) May 4, 1964 (age 60)
Tecumseh, Nebraska, U.S.
Playing career
1982–1986 Doane
Position(s) Running back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1987 Doane (DB)
1988 Nebraska Wesleyan (RB)
1989 Northern Colorado (GA)
1990–1993 Doane (OC/OL)
1994–1998 Austin (AHC/OC/STC)
1999 Harvard (OC/OL)
2000–2014 Colorado Mines
2015–2017 Montana
2018 Oklahoma State (OA)
2019 Texas State (OC/QB)
2024 Valor Christian HS (CO) (OC/QB)
2025–present Colorado Mines
Head coaching record
Overall129–76
Tournaments1–3 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
1–1 (NCAA D-I playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3 RMAC (2004, 2010, 2014)
Awards
2× RMAC Coach of the Year (2004, 2010)
D2Football.com SW Region Coach of the Year (2004)
Division II AFCA Region 5 Coach of the Year (2004)

Robert Allen Stitt (born May 4, 1964) is an American college football coach, currently serving as the head football coach at the Colorado School of Mines, a position he resumed in 2025. He previously served as the head coach at the University of Montana from 2015 to 2017 and at Colorado School of Mines from 2000 to 2014, where he compiled an overall record of 108–62.

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Early life

Stitt was born in Tecumseh, Nebraska. After playing football, baseball, basketball, and track at Tecumseh High School in Tecumseh, he played football as a running back at Doane College, receiving the All State College Offensive Player of the Year title in 1985. [1]

Coaching career

Stitt is widely regarded in college football as an offensive innovator because of his modernized west-coast style offense. He first studied offense at the University of Northern Colorado under Kay Dalton, [2] receiving his master's degree there. He then returned to Doane as its offensive coordinator for four years, coaching three NAIA Division II All-Americans and 19 All-NAIA offensive players during this time. Stitt went on to coach at Austin College from 1994 to 1998, serving as the assistant head coach and the coordinator of offense and special teams, before taking a job at Harvard University as the offensive coordinator, where he set Ivy League records with a fourth place in total offense.

Colorado School of Mines (First Tenure)

In 2000, Stitt was hired as the head coach at Colorado School of Mines (CSM). In 2004, CSM won the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) crown. That same season, quarterback Chad Friehauf won the Harlon Hill Trophy, the equivalent to the Heisman Trophy, awarded to the best player in NCAA Division II football. In both 2006 and 2008, CSM appeared in the Dixie Rotary Bowl, and they split the RMAC title in the 2010 season with the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

Montana

Stitt was announced as the 36th head coach of the University of Montana Grizzlies on December 16, 2014, to resurrect the Griz football program and take them back to the winning ways under which they played under coaches Joe Glenn, Bobby Hauck, and Don Read.

In Stitt's first football game as a Division I coach, Montana upset four-time defending FCS national champions North Dakota State 38–35 on a 1-yard run with 0:06 left on the clock. [3]

Colorado School of Mines (Second Tenure)

On February 7, 2025, Bob Stitt returned to Colorado School of Mines as the head football coach, resuming the role he previously held from 2000 to 2014. [4]

National media appearance

Stitt became known to people outside the CSM community, when Dana Holgorsen, the head coach at West Virginia University, gave him credit for the fly sweep play his Mountaineers team used to great success in the 2012 Orange Bowl.

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs Rank#
Colorado Mines Orediggers (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference)(2000–2014)
2000 Colorado Mines2–81–79th
2001 Colorado Mines7–44–45th
2002 Colorado Mines7–44–4T–5th
2003 Colorado Mines6–54–4T–4th
2004 Colorado Mines12–18–01stL NCAA Division II Second Round 8
2005 Colorado Mines6–56–2T–2nd
2006 Colorado Mines4–72–68th
2007 Colorado Mines7–56–23rd
2008 Colorado Mines8–47–2T–2nd
2009 Colorado Mines8–38–12nd
2010 Colorado Mines9–38–1T–1stL NCAA Division II First Round 19
2011 Colorado Mines8–36–33rd
2012 Colorado Mines6–54–55th
2013 Colorado Mines8–37–22nd
2014 Colorado Mines10–28–1T–1stL NCAA Division II First Round 19
Colorado Mines:108–6283–44
Montana Grizzlies (Big Sky Conference)(2015–2017)
2015 Montana 8–56–2T–2ndL NCAA Division I Second Round 14
2016 Montana 6–53–58th
2017 Montana 7–45–3T–6th
Montana:21–1414–11
Total:129–76
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

References

  1. ↑ Colorado School of Mines. "Head Football Coach". Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ Wolken, Dan (October 30, 2012). "Bob Stitt's offense: A college football gold mine". USA Today.
  3. ↑ Woo, Jeremy. "Montana upsets FCS No. 1 NDSU to open college football season". SI.com. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Bob Stitt Returns As Mines Head Football Coach". MinesAthletics.com. Colorado School of Mines Athletics. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
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