Frostburg State, the Bobcats posted a record of 4–6, the best record the program had earned in over five years. The Bobcats improved on both offense and defense as well as special teams leading the Empire 8 conference in fewest turnovers (12) and blocked kicks (6). In his second season at Frostburg State, Fitzgerald's Bobcats improved to a 6–4 record, including a five-game winning streak. In his third season, in 2016, Fitzgerald's Bobcats went 10–1. After starting 1–1, the Bobcats finished the year on a nine-game winning streak. Although Fitzgerald is known for his offense, Frostburg State boasted one of the top defensive units in NCAA Division III football. The Bobcats were fourth in team passing efficiency defense (87.94), fourth in team tackles for loss (10.1), fourth in passing yards allowed (130.3), and 11th in scoring defense (12.8). This was just the second time in the 56-years history of the program that the team had a 10-win season. Frostburg State earned a share of the New Jersey Athletic Conference football championship with the Wesley Wolverines. Frostburg won the 18th Annual Regents Cup Game against the NJAC rival, Salisbury on November 12. The Bobcats beat the 22nd-rank St. John Fisher Cardinals in the ECAC Asa S. Bushnell Bowl game in Philadelphia on November 19. Fitzgerald was selected as the 2016 NJAC Coach of the Year by his peers. Over the last three seasons, Frostburg has been one of the most impressive teams in DII. Last fall the Bobcats finished 39th in the country in total offense (435.9), while in 2016, the Bobcats defense was 9th in total defense as limited opponents to just 240.6 yards per game. In 2018, FSU was second in the country with five blocked punts. Frostburg was ranked near the top of the NCAA statistics in blocked kicks every year he's been at the helm. In 2017, the Bobcats captured a program-record 11 wins (11-2) that included NCAA Playoff victories over No. 9 Wittenberg (35-7) and No. 10 Washington & Jefferson (46-23). Frostburg captured second in the NJAC standings (8-1), scored a school-record 468 points, and tied a school record with 13-straight wins that started in the 2016 season. The season marked FSU's first trip to the NCAA Playoffs since 1993 and the first appearance in the quarterfinals since the playoffs expanded to 32 teams. In 2018, the Bobcats hosted a pair of NCAA Playoffs games for