Brick Mitchell
Biographical details | |
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Born | c. 1894 |
Died | (1963-10-21)October 21, 1963 (aged 69) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
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) | |
Awards | |
First-team All-PCC (1916) | |
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 at the age of 69, on October 21, 1963, at the University of California Hospital in San Francisco.[3]
Head coaching record
College
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Nevada Wolf Pack (Far Western Conference) (1932–1935) | |||||||||
1932 | Nevada | 3–3–2 | 2–0–1 | T–1st | |||||
1933 | Nevada | 4–4 | 3–0 | 1st | |||||
1934 | Nevada | 1–7–1 | 0–4–1 | 6th | |||||
1935 | Nevada | 2–6 | 2–2 | 3rd | |||||
Nevada: | 10–20–3 | 7–6–2 | |||||||
Total: | 10–20–3 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References
- ^ "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 .
- ^ "Down Memory Lane". San Mateo Times. San Mateo, California. February 10, 1958. p. 10. Retrieved October 1, 2016 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "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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