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.
Playing career
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]
Coaching career
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]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt Commodores (Southeastern Conference) (2020) | |||||||||
| 2020 | Vanderbilt | 0–1 | 0–1 | 7th (Eastern) | |||||
| Vanderbilt: | 0–1 | 0–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 0–1 | ||||||||
References
- ^ a b "Stork News". Saline Reporter. February 19, 1964. p. 5. Retrieved November 29, 2020 – via Newspaperarchive.com.
- ^ Kapral, Bubba (February 19, 2017). "Barnesville's Jay Sawvell Relishes New Wake Forrest Post". The Intelligencer and Wheeling News Register. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
- ^ Staskey, Seth (September 25, 2020). "Fitch ready to tackle his next coaching challenge". Martins Ferry Times Leader. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
- ^ Gibbs, Simon (May 14, 2020). "Longtime college friends Tim Corbin and Todd Fitch reunited on West End". The Vanderbilt Hustler. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
- ^ "2019 football records" (PDF). Ohio Wesleyan University. 2019. pp. 60, 67. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
- ^ "2020 Vanderbilt Commodores Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
- ^ "Fitch Focused on Moving Forward". Vanderbilt University Athletics. November 30, 2020. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
- ^ Harralson, Dan (December 9, 2020). "A look at Todd Fitch's offense and his time coaching alongside Ryan Day". Vols Wire. USA Today. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
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