![]() Mitchell, circa 1965 | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | September 29, 1938
Alma mater | Kentucky State College |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1968 | Boston University (freshmen) |
1969–1971 | Boston University (defensive coordinator)[1] |
1982 | Kentucky State (interim HC) |
1985 | Alabama State (interim HC) |
Men's basketball | |
1968–? | Boston University (freshmen) |
1971–1974 | Boston University |
1974–1976 | Grinnell |
1981–1982 | Kentucky State |
Women's basketball | |
1980–1981 | Kentucky State (interim HC) |
1986–1998 | Alabama State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 3–13 (football) 53–88 (men's basketball) |
Ronald Mitchell (born September 29, 1938) is an American former college football and college basketball coach.
A Chicago native, Mitchell attended Crane High School there, where he was captain of the basketball and football teams.[2] He went on to play both college basketball and college football at Kentucky State College.[3] He later served in the United States Army at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri.[3] He received a master's degree in health, physical education and recreation from Indiana University in 1967.[4]
Mitchell became the first African American appointed to a full-time athletics position at Boston University when we was hired as an assistant football and basketball coach in 1968.[5] In 1971, he became the first African American appointed as head basketball coach for a major college program, also at Boston University.[3]
Mitchell served as a head coach in three different college sports: men's basketball, women's basketball, and football:
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Kentucky State Thorobreds (NCAA Division II independent) (1982) | |||||||||
1982 | Kentucky State | 0–5[n 1] | |||||||
Kentucky State: | 0–5 | ||||||||
Alabama State Hornets (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (1985) | |||||||||
1985 | Alabama State | 3–8 | 2–5 | 6th | |||||
Alabama State: | 3–8 | 2–5 | |||||||
Total: | 3–13 |