Jashell Mitchell was named assistant athletics director for internal operations and assistant SWA (senior woman administrator) in the summer of 2017, after spending three seasons overseeing football operations at NCCU.
Mitchell joined the NCCU football staff as director of football operations in January 2014. She was named assistant athletics director for football operations in the fall of 2016.
Prior to accepting the role as director of football operations at NCCU, Mitchell spent the previous three years at the University of Memphis, working two seasons (2010-11) as the executive assistant to the head football coach and the last year as administrative assistant to the deputy athletics director.
She successfully completed her master’s degree in liberal arts from the University of Memphis in August 2013.
From 2008-10, Mitchell served as academic coordinator for athletics and life skills director at her alma-mater Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida. In that capacity, she served as the athletic academic advisor for men's and women's basketball, softball and baseball, as well as the advisor for the B-CU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
During her undergraduate career at Bethune-Cookman, Mitchell was a three-year letterwinner in women’s basketball and an administrative assistant for football (2003-04) and men’s basketball (2004-05). She earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education and recreation from Bethune-Cookman in 2005.
From 2006-08, Mitchell was the coordinator of women’s basketball operations at the University of Arizona.
Mitchell participated in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA)/Nike ‘So You Want to Be a Coach’ program at the 2006 Final Four in Boston, and also has served in administrative/operations roles for NBA and NFL sport camps in her hometown of Flint, Michigan.
Mitchell was a member of the back-to-back state championship girls basketball team at Flint Northern High School, which was inducted into the Greater Flint Area Sports Hall of Fame in the Class of 2016.
She also received the distinguished Bethune-Cookman University 40 Under 40 Award from her alma mater in 2016.
In 2017, Mitchell was selected for participation in the National Football League's second annual Women's Career Development Symposium in Phoenix and the NCAA Women's Coaches Academy in Denver, Colorado.
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