VETERAN COACH TODD FITCH JOINING OHIO STATE'S COACHING STAFF AS OFFENSIVE ANALYST
Ryan Day is adding another veteran to his staff in a support role.
Todd Fitch is coming to Ohio State as an offensive analyst, joining defensive analyst Paul Rhoads who was also recently hired, according to Ohio State's staff directory. Fitch is listed as a quality control coach for offense.
Like Rhoads, Fitch will bring more than 30 years of coaching experience to Columbus.
Fitch has nearly two decades of experience as an offensive coordinator, most recently at Vanderbilt, where he finished the 2020 season as interim head coach following Derek Mason's firing. Fitch was previously the offensive coordinator at Connecticut (1996-98), East Carolina (2007-09), South Florida (2010-12), Boston College (2015) and Louisiana Tech (2016-17), while he's also been a quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers coach at various stops.
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Not until this offseason has Day gotten serious about adding veteran coaches as analysts. Unlike Nick Saban, who has used this practice for years at Alabama, it hasn't been commonplace at Ohio State. Day said last week, however, that he was looking into the possibility, and has now decided to add two veteran analysts to assist the full-time coaching staff.
“It’s something that I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about,” Day said when asked about potentially hiring analysts on Feb. 3. “Every program is different. You have to do what’s right for your program. And now that I’m going into year three, taking a hard look at that, and seeing if there are some people around who would be the right fit.”
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Just sayin': Taking a page out of Nick Saban's book.