Bradley University Athletics

Mark Mitchell Joins Bradley Athletics Staff

Mitchell New Sport Performance Head Coach After Helping SFA to Three Straight NCAA Tournaments

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Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications General 8/3/2016 1:34:00 PM

PEORIA, IL – After helping the Stephen F. Austin men's basketball program to a dominant 3-year run, Mark Mitchell has been named Sport Performance Head Coach at Bradley University, where he will oversee the strength and conditioning program for the school's 15 NCAA Division I teams.

Mitchell served as the director of men's basketball strength and conditioning at Stephen F. Austin for the last four years. Working with former Lumberjacks head coach Brad Underwood since 2013, Mitchell helped the Stephen F. Austin program compile an 89-14 (.864) overall record the last three years with three consecutive sweeps of the Southland Conference regular-season and postseason tournament championships and three straight NCAA Tournament appearances. The Lumberjacks earned a second-round win against VCU in 2014 and dominated No. 3 seed West Virginia in the first round of the 2016 East Regional, before suffering a 76-75 loss to Notre Dame in the second round.

In his role at Stephen F. Austin, Mitchell handled all aspects of strength training, performance, nutrition and education for the men's basketball program. He also served as the head strength and conditioning coach for the SFA women's volleyball program, while serving as assistant director for the Lumberjacks football team.

A three-year football letterman at Eastern Michigan, where he played defensive back, Mitchell earned Academic All-MAC honors in 2010. After earning his bachelor's degree in sports medicine with a specialization in exercise science from Eastern Michigan, Mitchell received his master's degree in coaching sports performance from Western Michigan in 2012. He holds certifications from the National Strength and Conditioning Association, the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association and the United States Weightlifting Association.

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