Football
Stitt, Bob
Bob Stitt
- Title:
- Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator
- Email:
- bob.stitt@umontana.edu
- Phone:
- 243-2969
TWITTER - @CoachBobStitt
BOB STITT — Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator
Bob Stitt enters his third season at the helm of the Montana Grizzlies football program in 2017, after leading the Griz to the team’s 30th winning season in the past 31 years in 2016, and a trip to the NCAA FCS Playoffs for the 23rd time in school history during his 2015 inaugural season.
Stitt’s Grizzlies went 8-5 in his first season and finished the year tied for 2nd place in the Big Sky Conference with a 6-2 league record. Highlights of his first season as a Grizzly include an upset of defending National Champion North Dakota State on ESPN and a late-season run that included a 57-16 rout of Eastern Washington and UM’s 72nd defeat of Montana State.
Montana finished the 2016 season at 6-5 after a promising start to the season that included a win at, then, No. 3 Northern Iowa. Stitt enters the 2017 season with a 14-10 overall record at UM.
Players earning special accolades under Stitt include the 2016 STATS FCS Defensive Player of the Year Tyrone Holmes, and Jamaal Jones, who became UM’s leading receiver of all time, finishing his career at Montana with 3,021 receiving yards.
In 2017, quarterback Brady Gustafson set a new school passing record in 2016, completing 47 passes in a game against Cal Poly. Freshman receiver Jerry Louie-McGee was a top-seven vote getter for the Jerry Rice Award (Nation’s top freshman) after also setting a school record for receptions in a game with 21 at Cal Poly.
In two seasons, Stitt has coached 28 players who were named to All-Big Sky Conference teams as well.
Coach Stitt was introduced as the 36th head football coach in University of Montana history on Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. He signed a three-year contract, which will take him through the 2017 season.
Before coming to Montana, he had a 15-season stint as the head football coach at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) where he had an overall record of 108-62 (a 63.5% winning percentage) and an 83-44 mark (a 65.4% winning percentage) in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
Stitt’s CSM teams had 13 winning seasons in his 15-year tenure and registered eight winning seasons in a row. His teams won conference titles in 2004, 2010, and 2014. He is widely known in national coaching circles as having a very creative offensive mind and is the innovator of the fly-sweep play.
His 2014 Orediggers were 10-2 overall and 8-1 in the RMAC and advanced to the Division II national playoffs. The Orediggers posted an 8-3 record in 2013.
He was named the league’s coach of the year in 2004 and 2010. Stitt was selected the Division II Football.com Southwest Region Coach of the Year in 2004 and was also tabbed the AFCA Region 5 Coach of the Year following that season.
During his tenure at Mines, Stitt coached a grand total of 129 All-RMAC performers, 31 All-Region selections, and 16 All-Americans. His .635 winning percentage during 15 seasons at the helm of the Oredigger football program is the highest in school history for a coach with at least 20 games under his belt.
A 1987 graduate of Doane College (Nebraska), Stitt received various accolades as a running back and a return specialist when he played for the Tigers in the mid-80’s, including All-State College Offensive Player of the Year in 1985. Stitt also played left field for the Doane baseball squad and was a sprinter on the track & field team.
Stitt returned to coach at his alma mater after receiving his master’s degree in physical education from the University of Northern Colorado in 1989.
He served as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach for four years at Doane from 1990-93, and he produced three NAIA Division II All-Americans and 19 All-NIAC offensive players during his tenure there.
Stitt went on to coach at Austin College (Texas) from 1994 to 1999, serving as the assistant head coach and the coordinator of offense and special teams.
Prior to his time at Mines, Stitt served as an offensive coordinator at Harvard University. There he helped the Crimson set school records in total offense in a game (640 yards), passing yards in a game (405), first downs in a game (34) and points scored in an Ivy League game (63). Stitt’s 1999 offense ranked first among Ivy League teams in rushing, third in scoring and fourth in total offense.
He is a native of Tecumseh, Nebraska. Stitt lettered in football, basketball, track & field and baseball at Tecumseh High School.
Bob and his wife, the former Joan Scherrer, have two sons, Joe and Sam.
COACH STITT YEAR-BY-YEAR
COACH STITT COACHING TIME LINE
BOB STITT — Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator
Bob Stitt enters his third season at the helm of the Montana Grizzlies football program in 2017, after leading the Griz to the team’s 30th winning season in the past 31 years in 2016, and a trip to the NCAA FCS Playoffs for the 23rd time in school history during his 2015 inaugural season.
Stitt’s Grizzlies went 8-5 in his first season and finished the year tied for 2nd place in the Big Sky Conference with a 6-2 league record. Highlights of his first season as a Grizzly include an upset of defending National Champion North Dakota State on ESPN and a late-season run that included a 57-16 rout of Eastern Washington and UM’s 72nd defeat of Montana State.
Montana finished the 2016 season at 6-5 after a promising start to the season that included a win at, then, No. 3 Northern Iowa. Stitt enters the 2017 season with a 14-10 overall record at UM.
Players earning special accolades under Stitt include the 2016 STATS FCS Defensive Player of the Year Tyrone Holmes, and Jamaal Jones, who became UM’s leading receiver of all time, finishing his career at Montana with 3,021 receiving yards.
In 2017, quarterback Brady Gustafson set a new school passing record in 2016, completing 47 passes in a game against Cal Poly. Freshman receiver Jerry Louie-McGee was a top-seven vote getter for the Jerry Rice Award (Nation’s top freshman) after also setting a school record for receptions in a game with 21 at Cal Poly.
In two seasons, Stitt has coached 28 players who were named to All-Big Sky Conference teams as well.
Coach Stitt was introduced as the 36th head football coach in University of Montana history on Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. He signed a three-year contract, which will take him through the 2017 season.
Before coming to Montana, he had a 15-season stint as the head football coach at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) where he had an overall record of 108-62 (a 63.5% winning percentage) and an 83-44 mark (a 65.4% winning percentage) in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
Stitt’s CSM teams had 13 winning seasons in his 15-year tenure and registered eight winning seasons in a row. His teams won conference titles in 2004, 2010, and 2014. He is widely known in national coaching circles as having a very creative offensive mind and is the innovator of the fly-sweep play.
His 2014 Orediggers were 10-2 overall and 8-1 in the RMAC and advanced to the Division II national playoffs. The Orediggers posted an 8-3 record in 2013.
He was named the league’s coach of the year in 2004 and 2010. Stitt was selected the Division II Football.com Southwest Region Coach of the Year in 2004 and was also tabbed the AFCA Region 5 Coach of the Year following that season.
During his tenure at Mines, Stitt coached a grand total of 129 All-RMAC performers, 31 All-Region selections, and 16 All-Americans. His .635 winning percentage during 15 seasons at the helm of the Oredigger football program is the highest in school history for a coach with at least 20 games under his belt.
A 1987 graduate of Doane College (Nebraska), Stitt received various accolades as a running back and a return specialist when he played for the Tigers in the mid-80’s, including All-State College Offensive Player of the Year in 1985. Stitt also played left field for the Doane baseball squad and was a sprinter on the track & field team.
Stitt returned to coach at his alma mater after receiving his master’s degree in physical education from the University of Northern Colorado in 1989.
He served as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach for four years at Doane from 1990-93, and he produced three NAIA Division II All-Americans and 19 All-NIAC offensive players during his tenure there.
Stitt went on to coach at Austin College (Texas) from 1994 to 1999, serving as the assistant head coach and the coordinator of offense and special teams.
Prior to his time at Mines, Stitt served as an offensive coordinator at Harvard University. There he helped the Crimson set school records in total offense in a game (640 yards), passing yards in a game (405), first downs in a game (34) and points scored in an Ivy League game (63). Stitt’s 1999 offense ranked first among Ivy League teams in rushing, third in scoring and fourth in total offense.
He is a native of Tecumseh, Nebraska. Stitt lettered in football, basketball, track & field and baseball at Tecumseh High School.
Bob and his wife, the former Joan Scherrer, have two sons, Joe and Sam.
COACH STITT YEAR-BY-YEAR
| AT MONTANA | Overall Record | Big Sky Record (Finsh) | Season Highlights |
| 2015 | 8-5 | 6-2 (t-2nd) | Led Griz to 23rd appearance in DI-AA/FCS playoffs in 1st year as head coach... Season opening win over NDSU on ESPN... Tyrone Holmes named STATS FCS Defensive Player of the Year. |
| 2016 | 6-5 | 3-5 (8th) | Earned win at No. 3 Northern Iowa... UM set school records for touchdown passes in a game, completed passes in a game, pass receptions in a game... UM posted back-to-back 60-plus point wins for 1st time ever, scoring 128 unanswered points. |
| MONTANA TOTAL | 14-10 | 9-7 | |
| AT COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES | Overall Record | RMAC Record (Finish) | Season Highlihgts |
| 2000 | 2-8 | 1-7 (9th) | Two All-RMAC selections |
| 2001 | 7-4 | 4-4 (5th) | 1st winning season since 1991. Most wins since 1958 |
| 2002 | 7-4 | 4-4 (t-5th) | 1st back-to-back winning seasons since 1975-76 |
| 2003 | 6-5 | 4-4 (t-4th) | 12 All-RMAC players |
| 2004 | 12-1 | 8-0 (1st) | First NCAA berth & conference title since 1958. Advanced to second round of NCAAs. Chad Friehauf wins Harlon Hill Trophy |
| 2005 | 6-5 | 6-2 (t-2nd) | 5 winning seasons in a row - the 1st time in the 118-year history of the program |
| 2006 | 4-7 | 2-6 (8th) | Bryan Florendo is 1st 1,000-yard rusher since 1939 |
| 2007 | 7-5 | 6-2 (3rd) | Dixie Rotary Bowl berth |
| 2008 | 8-4 | 7-2 (t-2nd) | Dixie Rotary Bowl berth |
| 2009 | 8-3 | 8-1 (2nd) | Team had 17 All-RMAC picks |
| 2010 | 9-3 | 8-1 (t-1st) | 2nd NCAA berth in school history... Clay Garcia named national finalist for Harlon Hill Trophy |
| 2011 | 8-3 | 6-3 (3rd) | Garcia named Capital One/Co-SIDA Academic All-American of the Year and finalist for the Harlon Hill Trophy |
| 2012 | 6-5 | 4-5 (5th) | Punter Taylor Accardi sets NCAA career/single-season marks |
| 2013 | 8-3 | 7-2 (3rd) | CSM wins RMAC Brechler Award for best team GPA in the league |
| 2014 | 10-2 | 8-1 (t-1st) | Orediggers earn 3rd NCAA berth in school history |
| CSM TOTAL | 108-62 | 83-44 | |
| MONTANA TOTAL | 14-10 | 9-7 | |
| CAREER TOTAL | 122-72 | 92-51 |
COACH STITT COACHING TIME LINE
| YEAR | SCHOOL |
| 2015-Present | Head Coach, Montana |
| 2000-14 | Head Coach, Colorado School of Mines |
| 1999 | Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line Coach, Harvard |
| 1994-98 | Associate Head Coach, Austin College Offensive Coord./Special Teams Coach |
| 1990-93 | Offensive Coordinator / Offensive Line Coach, Doane College |
| 1989 | Graduate Assistant, Northern Colorado |
| 1998 | Running Backs Coach, Nebraska Wesleyan University |
| 1987 | Defensive Back Coach, Doane College |
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