2/5/2016 football Edit

Sources: Todd Fitch will be Tech's next WR coach and Offensive Coordinator

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Sources tell BleedTechBlue.com Skip Holtz is hiring Boston College wide receivers coach Todd Fitch as Louisiana Tech's next wide receivers coach and offensive coordinator. Holtz will still call the plays for the Bulldogs.

Todd Fitch during his time at Boston College.

Fitch and Holtz coached together at Connecticut, East Carolina and South Florida. Fitch has been Holtz's target since Tony Petersen left for East Carolina and interviewed yesterday

Fitch helped the USF Bulls move up 75 spots in the national rankings in total offense from 2010 to 2011. USF improved its passing offense by 85 yards per game during that span. Only two teams saw a greater jump in the passing offense national rankings, as the Bulls improved 59 spots. In addition, the Bulls improved 39 spots in rushing offense, increasing their output by 38 yards per game and guided USF to its fifth-straight eight-win season in 2010 making the Bulls one of just 15 programs nationally to accomplish the feat.

At ECU, he spearheaded an offense that broke single-season school records for most points (403) and touchdowns scored (52) in 2007, records that had previously stood for 28 years. During that year, the Pirates' explosive offense ranked first nationally in scoring drives under one minute (23) and seventh in scoring plays 25 yards or longer (18). While utilizing two first-year starters, Patrick Pinkney and Rob Kass, throughout the 2007 campaign, ECU turned in its second-highest scoring average since 1991 and tallied 35 or more points in six of eight Conference USA contests before closing the year with a 41-point performance against No. 24 Boise State in the Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl. He won consecutive Conference USA championships while at East Carolina in 2008 and 2009; became the first program in league history to win consecutive conference championships. He led a Pirate offense that averaged no less than 340 yards of total offense per game in his three seasons.

A veteran with 26 years of coaching experience, Fitch has also worked under legendary head coaches Don Nehlen, Earle Bruce and Lou Holtz during his career which spans back to 1986 and included stops at alma mater Ohio Wesleyan, Bowling Green, West Virginia and Colorado State.