Jack Mitchell (American football)

Jack Mitchell
Biographical details
Born	December 3, 1923; Arkansas City, Kansas, U.S.
Died	July 5, 2009 (aged 85); Sun City, Arizona, U.S.
Playing career
1946–1948	Oklahoma
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1949	Blackwell HS (OK)
1950	Tulsa (assistant)
1951–1952	Texas Tech (backfield)
1953–1954	Wichita
1955–1957	Arkansas
1958–1966	Kansas
Head coaching record
Overall	74–59–7 (college)
Bowls	1–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	1 MVC (1954)
Awards
	Second-team All-American (1948); 2× First-team All-Big Seven (1947, 1948); Second-team All-Big Six (1946);

Jack Churchill Mitchell (December 3, 1923 – July 5, 2009) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the Municipal University of Wichita—now known as Wichita State University—from 1953 to 1954, the University of Arkansas from 1955 to 1957, and the University of Kansas from 1958 to 1966. compiling a career college football record of 72–61–7. Mitchell played football at the University of Oklahoma as a quarterback from 1946 to 1948. He was named an All-American in 1948. After retiring from coaching, Mitchell moved to Wellington, Kansas to become a publisher at The Wellington Daily News.

Coaching career

Wichita

Mitchell was the 21st head football coach for the Municipal University of Wichita, now Wichita State University, located in Wichita, Kansas. He held that position for two seasons, from 1953 until 1954. His overall coaching record at Wichita was 13–5–1.

Arkansas

From 1954 to 1957, Mitchell was the head football coach at University of Arkansas, where he compiled a 17–12–1 record.

Kansas

Mitchell was the 28th head football coach for the University of Kansas located in Lawrence, Kansas and he held that position for nine seasons, from 1958 until 1966. His overall coaching record at Kansas was 44–42–5.

Death

Mitchell died on July 5, 2009, in Sun City, Arizona.^[1]^[2]

Head coaching record

College


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches^#	AP^°
Wichita Shockers (Missouri Valley Conference) (1953–1954)
1953	Wichita	4–4–1	1–2	T–3rd
1954	Wichita	9–1	4–0	1st
Wichita:		13–5–1	5–2
Arkansas Razorbacks (Southwest Conference) (1955–1957)
1955	Arkansas	5–4–1	3–2–1	4th
1956	Arkansas	6–4	3–3	4th
1957	Arkansas	6–4	2–4	T–5th
Arkansas:		17–12–1	8–9–1
Kansas Jayhawks (Big Seven / Big Eight Conference) (1958–1966)
1958	Kansas	4–5–1	3–2–1	4th
1959	Kansas	5–5	3–3	T–3rd
1960	Kansas	7–2–1	4–2–1	3rd		9	11
1961	Kansas	7–3–1	5–2	T–2nd	W Bluebonnet	15
1962	Kansas	6–3–1	4–2–1	4th
1963	Kansas	5–5	3–4	T–4th
1964	Kansas	6–4	5–2	3rd
1965	Kansas	2–8	2–5	T–6th
1966	Kansas	2–7–1	0–6–1	T–7th
Kansas:		44–42–5	29–28–4
Total:		72–61–7
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth
^#Rankings from final Coaches Poll. ^°Rankings from final AP Poll.