16 Facts About Zarnell Fitch

Zarnell Stephen Fitch was born on July 6,1983 and is an American football coach and former player.

Zarnell Fitch was signed by the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2006, spent time with two other NFL teams and played in several other professional leagues.

Zarnell Fitch is currently the Defensive Line Coach at Texas Tech Red Raiders football.

Zarnell Fitch graduated from Star Spencer High School in 2001.

The first two seasons of Zarnell Fitch's college football career came at Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas, where he was a two-year starter playing defensive tackle for the Bulldogs.

Zarnell Fitch signed a national letter of intent to play at Tennessee in 2003, but returned to Navarro that fall to completed his junior college academic requirements while not participating in football.

Zarnell Fitch went on to start three games that season, helping the Frogs win a conference title in their first year as members of the Mountain West Conference.

Zarnell Fitch graduated from TCU in May 2006 with a degree in communication and a minor in social work.

Zarnell Fitch then signed with the Baltimore Ravens, spending the majority of the 2007 season with their practice squad but being promoted to the active roster for 4 games.

Zarnell Fitch signed with the Washington Redskins on July 27,2008, but was waived two days later.

Zarnell Fitch spent the 2009 season with the Green Bay Blizzard of the now-defunct AF2, earning second-team All-AF2 honors He then spent the 2010 season with the Milwaukee Iron of the Arena Football League, registering one sack in 9 games.

The seeds of Zarnell Fitch's coaching career were sewn during his playing days, as his academic hiatus at Navarro JC in 2003 led to a battlefield promotion to serve as the Bulldogs' defensive line coach at age 19, and he served as a graduate assistant at TCU for part of the 2006 season prior to his signing with the Jets.

In 2011, Zarnell Fitch became an assistant coach at Lincoln High School in Dallas.

Zarnell Fitch returned to TCU in 2014, when his former coach Gary Patterson hired him to become the Director of High School Relations on his staff, a position that placed him at the center of the Frogs' recruiting operation.

Two seasons later, Zarnell Fitch was promoted to the on-field coaching staff as TCU's Defensive Line Coach.

Under Zarnell Fitch's watch, five different TCU defensive linemen have earned 1st Team All-Big 12 honors:.