Background
Stitt was born in June 1964 in Tecumseh, Nebraska.
Stitt was born in June 1964 in Tecumseh, Nebraska.
Stitt studied offense at the University of Northern Colorado under Kay Dalton, receiving his master"s degree there.
He previously served in the same capacity at the Colorado School of Mines from 2000 to 2014, compiling an overall record of 108 wins and 62 losses. He then returned to Doane as its offensive coordinator for four years, coaching three National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Division II All-Americans and 19 All-National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics 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 4th in total offense.
Colorado School of Mines
In 2000, Stitt was hired as the head coach at Colorado School of Mines ( Central Saint Martins ).
University of 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 they played at under Coach Joe Glenn, Coach Bobby Hauck and Coach Don Reed. National media appearance
Stitt became known to people outside the Central Saint Martins community, when Dana Holgorsen, the head coach at West Virginia University, gave him cr for the fly sweep play his Mountaineers team utilized to great success in the 2012 Orange Bowl.
After playing football, baseball, basketball, and track at Tecumseh High School in Tecumseh, Nebraska, he played football as a running back at Doane College, receiving the All State College Offensive Player of the Year title in 1985. In 2004, Central Saint Martins 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 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II football. In both 2006 and 2008, Central Saint Martins appeared in the Dixie Rotary Bowl, and they again won the RMAC title in the 2010 season.
In Stitt"s first football game as a Division I coach, Montana upset 4-time defending FCS Nation Champions North Dakota State, 38-35, on a 1-yard run with 0:06 left on the play clock.
