Coaches
Brian Mitchell
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Brian Mitchell
Played at BYU
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-2005 | BYU | Position | Defensive backs coach | LaVell Edwards (1994-2000), Gary Crowton (2001-2004), Bronco Mendenhall* (2005) |
| 2006-2009 | Texas Tech | Position | Cornerbacks coach | Mike Leach |
| 2010-2012 | East Carolina | DC | Defensive coordinator & defensive backs coach✓ | Ruffin McNeill |
| 2013-2015 | West Virginia | Position | Cornerbacks coach | Dana Holgorsen |
| 2016-2019 | Virginia Tech | Position | Defensive backs coach | Justin Fuente |
| 2020- | NC State | Position | Cornerbacks coach | Dave Doeren* |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | East Carolina | Defensive coordinator | 104 | 116 | 83 | 59 | 120 |
| 2011 | East Carolina | Defensive coordinator | 60 | 101 | 91 | 104 | 120 |
| 2012 | East Carolina | Defensive coordinator | 110 | 102 | 101 | 60 | 124 |
Worked under
- LaVell Edwards · BYU 1994-2000 (Position)
- Gary Crowton · BYU 2001-2004 (Position)
- Bronco Mendenhall* · BYU 2005 (Position)
- Mike Leach · Texas Tech 2006-2009 (Position)
- Ruffin McNeill · East Carolina 2010-2012 (DC, Position)
- Dana Holgorsen · West Virginia 2013-2015 (Position)
- Justin Fuente · Virginia Tech 2016-2019 (Position)
- Dave Doeren* · NC State 2020-2026 (Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- DeWayne Walker · BYU 1994 · him Position, them Position
- Norm Chow · BYU 1994-1999 · him Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Aaron Roderick · BYU 1999-2001 · him Position, them GA
- Ed Lamb · BYU 2001 · him Position, them GA
- Gary Crowton · BYU 2001-2004 · him Position, them Head coach
- Kevin McGiven · BYU 2002-2004 · him Position, them GA
- Bronco Mendenhall* · BYU 2003-2005 · him Position, them DC, Head coach, Position
- Jeff Grimes · BYU 2004-2005 · him Position, them Position
- Patrick Higgins · BYU 2005 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Robert Anae · BYU 2005 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Bill Bedenbaugh · Texas Tech 2006 · him Position, them Position
- Dana Holgorsen · Texas Tech 2006-2007 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Lyle Setencich · Texas Tech 2006-2007 · him Position, them DC
- Mike Leach · Texas Tech 2006-2009 · him Position, them Head coach
- Ruffin McNeill · Texas Tech 2006-2009 · him Position, them DC, Head coach, Other, Position, ST coord.
- Seth Littrell · Texas Tech 2006-2008 · him Position, them Position
- Sonny Dykes* · Texas Tech 2006 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Lincoln Riley*+ · Texas Tech 2007-2009 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Sonny Cumbie* · Texas Tech 2009 · him Position, them GA
- Donnie Kirkpatrick · East Carolina 2010-2012 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Lincoln Riley*+ · East Carolina 2010-2012 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Ruffin McNeill · East Carolina 2010-2012 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Dana Holgorsen · West Virginia 2013-2015 · him Position, them Head coach
- Ja'Juan Seider · West Virginia 2013-2015 · him Position, them Position
- Keith Patterson · West Virginia 2013 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Shannon Dawson · West Virginia 2013-2014 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Tony Gibson* · West Virginia 2013-2015 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Tom Bradley · West Virginia 2014 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Brad Cornelsen · Virginia Tech 2016-2019 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Bud Foster · Virginia Tech 2016-2019 · him Position, them DC, Other, Position
- Holmon Wiggins · Virginia Tech 2016-2018 · him Position, them Position
- Justin Fuente · Virginia Tech 2016-2019 · him Position, them Head coach
- Adam Lechtenberg · Virginia Tech 2018-2019 · him Position, them Other
- Tyrone Nix · Virginia Tech 2018 · him Position, them Position
- Jerry Kill · Virginia Tech 2019 · him Position, them Other
- Justin Hamilton · Virginia Tech 2019 · him Position, them Position
- Dave Doeren* · NC State 2020-2026 · him Position, them Head coach
- George McDonald · NC State 2020 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Kurt Roper · NC State 2020-2026 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Ruffin McNeill · NC State 2020-2026 · him Position, them Other
- Tim Beck · NC State 2020-2022 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Todd Goebbel · NC State 2020-2026 · him Position, them Head coach, Position, ST coord.
- Tony Gibson* · NC State 2020-2024 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Joker Phillips · NC State 2021-2026 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Scott Boone · NC State 2021 · him Position, them Analyst
- Zac Roper · NC State 2022 · him Position, them Analyst
- Robert Anae · NC State 2023-2024 · him Position, them OC
- Freddie Aughtry-Lindsay · NC State 2024 · him Position, them DC
- Charlton Warren · NC State 2025-2026 · him Position, them DC, Position
- D. J. Eliot · NC State 2025-2026 · him Position, them DC, Position