Todd Fitch - Passing Game Coordinator - Staff Directory

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Todd Fitch

Title:
Passing Game Coordinator
Email:
Phone:
(515) 294-7016

Todd Fitch, who has worked under legendary head coaches Don Nehlen, Earle Bruce and Lou Holtz, joined the Iowa State coaching staff as quarterbacks coach in January of 2004. Fitch’s extensive experience has paid big dividends for senior quarterback Bret Meyer, who has blossomed into Iowa State’s most prolific quarterback under Fitch’s guidance, setting school career marks in passing yards (7,348), total offense (7,929), touchdown passes (41) and completions (587) in just three seasons. Fitch was retained by new Iowa State head coach Gene Chizik as a holdover from the Cyclone coaching staff of Dan McCarney.

Meyer’s sophomore season trumped an outstanding freshman All-America campaign. The Atlantic, Iowa native was second in the Big 12, averaging 239.7 yards passing per game that season. Meyer’s 2005 pass efficiency stats ranked him as the No. 2 rated quarterback in school single-season history. He threw 19 touchdown passes with just 10 interceptions as a sophomore. At one point last season, Meyer ran off a streak of 155 pass attempts without an interception, a school record.

Meyer’s development has been steady under Fitch’s guidance. When the final seconds ticked off the clock in Iowa State’s 17-13 2004 Independence Bowl win over Miami University, Meyer was named the game’s offensive MVP. His 1,926 passing yards ranks as the best freshman mark in school history.

Fitch was the South Carolina quarterbacks coach in 2003 after a year as running backs coach and three seasons as the Gamecocks’ wide receivers coach -- all under Holtz. During Fitch’s tenure at USC, the Gamecocks appeared in the 2001 and 2002 Outback Bowls.

A pair of Gamecock seniors -- fullback Andrew Pinnock and tailback Ryan Brewer -- both concluded outstanding careers in 2002. Pinnock finished his stint as a Gamecock with 27 career touchdowns, tied for third best in school history. Pinnock played in the East-West Shrine Game and was drafted by the San Diego Chargers. Brewer goes down as one of the most popular players in Carolina history, as the versatile performer was the epitome of the blue-collar college football player. Brewer played in the Hula Bowl.

Wide receiver Brian Scott prospered under Fitch’s coaching, winning the team’s MVP honors in 2001. Scott was the team’s leading receiver and had a clutch touchdown catch in the closing moments to lift Carolina to a comeback victory at Georgia.

Fitch coached the USC wide receivers to improved productivity in 2000. Players such as Jermale Kelly, Brian Scott and Brewer were very consistent in catching the football, and the USC passing game reaped dividends as a result. Kelly climbed up near the top of the USC career receiving list and was named team captain and team MVP for the 2000 season.

Fitch came to the Gamecock program from Connecticut, where he worked under Skip Holtz. Fitch was on the staff at UConn for five seasons and coordinated the offense for the Huskies in his final three years. In 1998, UConn won a school-record 10 games and featured a high-powered and prolific offensive attack.

With Fitch coordinating the offense, Husky quarterbacks set school records for passing yardage, touchdown passes and passing efficiency. UConn was nationally ranked four of the five years Fitch was there. Under Coach Fitch’s tutelage in 1998, UConn quarterback Shane Stafford finished his career eighth on the list for passing efficiency in the history of Division I-AA.

Fitch, an Ohio native, is a 1986 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan, where he was a three-year starter at defensive back and an all-league performer in 1985.

Following his playing career, Fitch moved on to an assistant coaching position at Ohio Wesleyan from 1986-87. He then accepted a graduate assistant position at Bowling Green for one year in 1988 and a volunteer coaching position at West Virginia in 1989. He was the wide receivers coach for two years at Bowling Green. Two of his wide receivers were drafted in the NFL.

The 43-year-old Fitch moved to Colorado State, where he worked as the running backs coach and special teams coordinator for two seasons. His starting fullback played in the NFL, and his starting tailback was selected to play in the East-West Shrine Game.

Fitch then moved to UConn, where he was Skip Holtz’s offensive coordinator.

He and his wife Julie have two children (Curtis, Peyton).