Gee Mitchell

George "Gee" Mitchell (March 15, 1912 – October 27, 1984) was an American football and boxing coach. He served as the head football coach at the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) from 1947 to 1949 compiling career college football coaching record of 18–8–1.

George "Gee" Mitchell
Biographical details
Born(1912-03-15)March 15, 1912
Rayville, Louisiana, US
DiedOctober 27, 1984(1984-10-27) (aged 72)
Thibodaux, Louisiana, US
Alma materLouisiana State University
Playing career
Football
1932–1933LSU
Position(s)Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1935–1943Southwestern Louisiana (Line)
1947–1949Southwestern Louisiana
Boxing
1935–1944Southwestern Louisiana
Head coaching record
Overall18–8–1 (football)

A native of Rayville, Louisiana, Mitchell was a letterman while playing guard for LSU during their 1932 and 1933 seasons.[1] Mitchell was hired at Southwestern Louisiana in 1935 to serve as both head boxing coach and as line coach on the football team.[2] After leaving the program to serve in the Army during World War II from 1943 to 1945, Mitchell returned to Southwestern as athletic director in 1946 and then as head football coach from 1947 to 1949.[2] In 1950, Mitchell accepted a position at then Francis T. Nicholls Junior College (now known as Nicholls State University) to establish its athletics program.[3] He remained at Nicholls through 1973 when he retired as a full professor.[2]

Head coaching record

College football
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs (Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference) (1947)
1947 Southwestern Louisiana 6–24–12nd
Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs (Gulf States Conference) (1948–1949)
1948 Southwestern Louisiana 6–3–13–23rd
1949 Southwestern Louisiana 6–33–23rd
Southwestern Louisiana: 18–8–1
Total:18–8–1
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References
  1. "LSU Football All-Time Letterwinners". LSUSports.net. LSU Athletics. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  2. Wallenfeldt, E.C. (1994). The Six-minute Fraternity: The Rise and Fall of NCAA Tournament Boxing, 1932–60. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 122. ISBN 9780275948672. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  3. "Gee Mitchell will coach at Thibodaux". Daily World. Newspapers.com. May 25, 1950. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
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