Brick Mitchell

Brick Mitchell
Sport(s) Football
Biographical details
Born c. 1894
Died October 21, 1963
San Francisco, California
Playing career
1915–1918 Oregon
Position(s) End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1920s San Mateo HS (CA)
c. 1930 California (line)
1932–1935 Nevada
Head coaching record
Overall 10–20–3 (college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 Far Western (1932–1933)

Clarence Leon "Brick" Mitchell (c. 1894 – October 21, 1963) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Nevada, Reno from 1932 to 1935, compiling a record of 10–20–3. Mitchell played college football as the University of Oregon from 1915 to 1918. He was selected to the 1916 All-Pacific Coast football team as an end. Before he was hired at Nevada, Mitchell worked as a line coach under Nibs Price at the University of California, Berkeley.[1] Mitchell coached football at San Mateo High School in San Mateo, California in the 1920s and led them to a state championship in 1926. In 1958, he was teaching mechanical drawing at Oroville High School in Oroville, California.[2] Mitchell died on October 21, 1963, at the University of California Hospital in San Francisco.[3]

Head coaching record

College

Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Nevada Wolf Pack (Far Western Conference) (1932–1935)
1932 Nevada 3–3–22–0–1T–1st
1933 Nevada 4–43–01st
1934 Nevada 1–7–10–4–16th
1935 Nevada 2–62–23rd
Nevada: 10–20–37–6–2
Total:10–20–3
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

  1. ↑ "Brick Mitchell Named Head Coach at Nevada". The Lincoln Star. Lincoln, Nebraska. United Press. March 13, 1932. p. 5. Retrieved October 1, 2016 – via Newspapers.com .
  2. ↑ "Down Memory Lane". San Mateo Times. San Mateo, California. February 10, 1958. p. 10. Retrieved October 1, 2016 – via Newspapers.com .
  3. ↑ "C. L. Mitchell". Daily Independent Journal. San Rafael, California. Associated Press. October 25, 1963. p. 4. Retrieved August 26, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .
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