Matt Mitchell (American football)
Matt Mitchell is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan, a position he has held since 2010 .
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Grand Valley State |
| Conference | GLIAC |
| Record | 105–30 |
| Playing career | |
| 1997 | Cornell (IA) |
| Position(s) | Defensive lineman |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2000–2001 | Wartburg (defensive assistant) |
| 2002–2003 | Wartburg (DC) |
| 2004–2007 | Grand Valley State (LB) |
| 2008–2009 | Grand Valley State (DC/LB) |
| 2010–present | Grand Valley State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 105–30 |
| Tournaments | 9–6 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 GLIAC (2010, 2016) 3 GLIAC North Division (2011–2012, 2016) | |
Playing career
Mitchell was a two-time, First-Team All-Midwest Conference selection as a defensive lineman during his playing career at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, where he earned a B.S.S. in biology and secondary education in 1997.
Coaching career
From 2000 to 2003, Mitchell was an assistant coach serving as Linebackers coach at Wartburg College. From 2004 to 2009, he served as an assistant at Grand Valley State coach under Chuck Martin. Following the 2009 season, Mitchell was named head coach at Grand Valley State, by his father-in-law, athletic director Tim Selgo, when Martin left to join former Grand Valley State head coach Brian Kelly at Notre Dame.
Personal life
Mitchell and his wife, Jen, are the parents of sons Trayton and RJ.[1]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | AFCA# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Valley State Lakers (Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2010–present) | |||||||||
| 2010 | Grand Valley State | 11–2 | 9–1 | 1st | L NCAA Division II Second Round | 10 | |||
| 2011 | Grand Valley State | 8–3 | 7–3 | T–1st (North) | |||||
| 2012 | Grand Valley State | 8–3 | 7–3 | T–1st (North) | |||||
| 2013 | Grand Valley State | 12–3 | 7–2 | 3rd (North) | L NCAA Division II Semifinal | 3 | |||
| 2014 | Grand Valley State | 6–5 | 6–4 | 4th (North) | |||||
| 2015 | Grand Valley State | 12–3 | 8–2 | 2nd (North) | L NCAA Division II Semifinal | 4 | |||
| 2016 | Grand Valley State | 12–1 | 10–0 | 1st (North) | L NCAA Division II Regional Final | 4 | |||
| 2017 | Grand Valley State | 8–3 | 7–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 2018 | Grand Valley State | 10–2 | 7–1 | 2nd | L NCAA Division II First Round | 14 | |||
| 2019 | Grand Valley State | 8–3 | 5–3 | 4th | |||||
| 2020–21 | No team | ||||||||
| 2021 | Grand Valley State | 10–2 | 6–1 | 2nd | L NCAA Division II Second Round | 7 | |||
| Grand Valley State: | 105–30 | 78–22 | |||||||
| Total: | 105–30 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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