Matt Mitchell

Matthew N. Mitchell (born November 27, 1974) is an American college football coach and former player. He is the associate head coach and outside linebackers coach for the University of Wisconsin–Madison, positions he has held since 2026 and 2023 respectively. He was the head football coach at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan from 2010 to 2022.

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 coach at Grand Valley State under Chuck Martin. In January 2010, Mitchell was named head coach at Grand Valley State 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.

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