[1][2] During his time as an assistant he mentored many future MLB players such as J. T. Snow, Chip Hale, Kenny Lofton and Terry Francona among others, and helped lead the Wildcats to two College World Series championships (1980 and 1986).

[1] In his 1966 sophomore season, Arizona was Western Athletic Conference (WAC) champions and advanced to the College World Series, where they would eventually lose to USC.

In 1967 and 1968 Stitt was named to the All-WAC and All-District VII teams, and in 1968 was honored as a first-team All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association.

[1][6] Stitt experienced immediate success, helping coach the 1979 Wildcats to the College World Series while also setting several Pacific-10 Conference season batting records.

[2] 57 position players coached by Stitt were drafted by MLB teams, including most notably: George Arias, Casey Candaele, Jack Daugherty, Terry Francona, Chip Hale, Trevor Hoffman, Kenny Lofton and J.T.

[8] Despite having finished with reasonable overall records in 3 of the past 4 seasons, the Wildcats had not been competitive in conference play and had fallen behind the rival Arizona State Sun Devils in recruiting and performance.

[1][8] Rumored replacements at the time were former Wildcats players Chip Hale and Ron Hassey, along with recently-fired Florida Gators head coach Andy Lopez (who would eventually be given the job).

[4] In 2005, Stitt was hired by the Arizona Diamondbacks to serve as the hitting coach for their Pioneer League (Rookie-Advanced Class) affiliate, the Missoula Osprey.

[9] During his time in Missoula, Stitt mentored several future MLB position players - most notably Pedro Ciriaco, John Hester and Gerardo Parra.

Stitt also helped coach the Osprey to the 2006 Pioneer League Championship, sweeping the Billings Mustangs and Idaho Falls Chukars to claim the club's second title.

[citation needed] In 2006, Stitt also briefly served as the temporary hitting coach for the fellow Diamondbacks AAA-affiliate Tucson Sidewinders.

Conference tournament champion Following his retirement from coaching, Stitt was named the assistant athletics director at Pima Community College in 2008.

[6] In January 2019, Stitt hosted a single-day baseball clinic for people of all ages in memory of former Arizona coach Jerry Kindall who had passed away in late 2017 after suffering a stroke.