Current position | |
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Title | Senior Advisor / Offensive Analyst |
Team | Ohio State |
Conference | Big Ten |
Biographical details | |
Born | Saline, Michigan, U.S. | February 15, 1964
Alma mater | Bowling Green |
Playing career | |
1982–1985 | Ohio Wesleyan |
Position(s) | Defensive back |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1986–1987 | Ohio Wesleyan (GA) |
1988 | Bowling Green (GA) |
1989 | West Virginia (volunteer assistant) |
1990–1991 | Bowling Green (WR) |
1992–1993 | Colorado State (RB/ST) |
1994–1995 | Connecticut (QB) |
1996–1998 | Connecticut (OC) |
1999–2001 | South Carolina (WR) |
2002 | South Carolina (RB) |
2003 | South Carolina (QB) |
2004–2006 | Iowa State (QB) |
2007–2009 | East Carolina (OC/QB) |
2010–2011 | South Florida (OC/RB) |
2012 | South Florida (OC/QB) |
2013–2014 | Boston College (WR/PGC) |
2015 | Boston College (OC/QB) |
2016–2017 | Louisiana Tech (OC/WR) |
2018–2019 | Louisiana Tech (OC/QB) |
2020 | Vanderbilt (OC/QB) |
2020 | Vanderbilt (Interim HC) |
2021–present | Ohio State (OA) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 0–1 |
Todd Armstrong Fitch (born February 15, 1964) [1] is an American football coach and former player who is currently an offensive analyst at Ohio State. He has served as an assistant coach at various programs since the mid-1980s.
Fitch was born in Saline, Michigan; his family then lived in nearby Dundee but eventually moved to Bellaire, Ohio. [1] He graduated from Bellaire High School, where he played football, and then attended Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio. [2] One of his best friends at Ohio Wesleyan was Tim Corbin, then two years ahead of him and the football student-manager. Fitch and Corbin were reunited in 2020 when Fitch became an assistant at Vanderbilt; Corbin had been the head baseball coach there since 2003. [3] [4] He played defensive back from 1982 to 1985, lettering 1983–1985, and earning All-North Coast Athletic Conference honors in 1985. [5]
Fitch served as the interim head coach for Vanderbilt following the firing of Derek Mason in the 2020 season. He coached in one game, a 42–17 loss to Tennessee. [6] [7] [8]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Vanderbilt Commodores (Southeastern Conference)(2020) | |||||||||
2020 | Vanderbilt | 0–1 | 0–1 | 7th (Eastern) | |||||
Vanderbilt: | 0–1 | 0–1 | |||||||
Total: | 0–1 |
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