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Fitz Hill

Followed Dave Baldwin. Fitz Hill held San José State at Regional Program IV for 4 seasons.

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2001–2004 · 1 stint
San José State
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Career arc

His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.

Stature score reached, by season of his head-coaching careerSAN JOSÉ STATERegional Programthe building-block levelSan José State, 2001: 3-9, Regional Program IV2001San José State, 2002: 6-7, Regional Program IV2002San José State, 2003: 3-8, Regional Program V2003San José State, 2004: 2-9, Regional Program V2004-2.1One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Regional Program in his 1st career season — faster than 20% of the 925 FBS coaches who have ever reached Regional Program (rank #1 of 925 by seasons-to-arrival).

San José State, 4 seasons
−2.1
Regional Program IV → Regional Program V.

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

Winless in 4 tries against Dan Hawkins.

One-score games
2–6
25.0% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–2
0.0%
The toughest matchup
vs. Dan Hawkins0–4
4 meetings, 2001–2004
’01 L’02 L’03 L’04 L
0% win rate across a real, 4-meeting series — short of the bar this site uses before badging a series “Nemesis.” Shown here as the toughest matchup on record, not an algorithmic crown.
Performance by opponent class
Blue Blood
0–2 0.0%
Power Program
0–5 0.0%
National Program
1–12 7.7%
Regional Program
11–14 44.0%

Coaching career

2001–2004
San José Statecaretaker
Regional Program IV → Regional Program IV
Fitz Hill held San José State at Regional Program IV for 4 seasons.

18th-best San José State tenure of 19 by the numbers.

Followed Dave Baldwin (1997–2000) · succeeded by Dick Tomey (2005–2009).

3 NFL Draft picks: Sean Brewer (2001), Tim Provost (2003), Courtney Anderson (2004)

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