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| Title: | Assistant Athletic Director/Compliance and Student Services |
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| Email: | jrmitchell@scu.edu |
| Phone: | 551-1782 |
| Experience: | Sixth Year |
Jeff Mitchell begins his sixth year at Santa Clara in 2011-12. Mitchell was hired as the Director of Compliance and Student Services in 2006 and was promoted to Assistant Athletic Director in 2008. Mitchell serves as the sport administrator for the Broncos’ men’s basketball and baseball programs and is also responsible for coordinating the department's NCAA compliance program.
His office is the primary contact for all NCAA related business including legal affairs and institutional control matters. During the 2010-2011 academic year, Mitchell helped guide the University through the NCAA certification process and began serving as a voting member of the Academics, Legislation, and Compliance Cabinet of the West Coast Conference. In his role as sport supervisor, Mitchell is the primary administrator for the men’s basketball and baseball programs. Mitchell assisted Director of Athletics, Dan Coonan, in the hiring of head baseball coach, Dan O’Brien, in June of 2011.
A native Mississippian, Mitchell is a 2001 graduate of Millsaps College in Jackson, Miss., where he was a four-year member of the Millsaps baseball team. After graduation, Mitchell was hired as the College's Director of Sports Information, in which he served as the primary contact for 14 intercollegiate athletic teams. In addition to his duties as SID, Mitchell served as an assistant coach for the 2002-2003 Millsaps baseball team, which advanced to the NCAA Division III South Regional Tournament.
Mitchell also earned an MBA from the renowned Millsaps College Else School of Management in May of 2003. Mitchell's career in athletic administration was nurtured while in law school at the University of Mississippi, from which he earned a Juris Doctorate in December of 2005. While at Ole Miss, Mitchell served as a graduate assistant in the external relations unit of the Department of Athletics and served as public address announcer for Ole Miss baseball, women's basketball, and volleyball. He also served as the internal public address announcer for Ole Miss football games.
Mitchell is a current member of the Mississippi Bar Association and the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. An award-winning writer, Mitchell is a former member of the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. As an accomplished public address announcer for 14 years, Mitchell has announced Division III football and basketball games in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, Division I baseball in the SEC and WCC, Division I basketball in the SEC, PAC-10, and WCC, Division I soccer in the PAC-10 and WCC, Division I volleyball in the SEC and the WCC, and Division III NCAA Tournament games for basketball.
Mitchell currently serves as the public address announcer for Santa Clara's men's basketball games.
Mitchell resides in San Jose with his wife, April. They welcomed their first daughter, Harper Wynne, on Nov. 23, 2008.
