Carlene Mitchell
Edra Carlene Mitchell is an American
Early life and education
Mitchell was born in
Coaching career
At UC Santa Barbara Mitchell became the fifth head coach in Gaucho history on May 19, 2011. She replaced Lindsay Gottlieb who left the program to become the head coach for the women's basketball team at the University of California, Berkeley.[5]
In her first season with the Gauchos, she led her team on an historic run to capture the
Mitchell also coached two of her players to Big West recognition. Senior Emilie Johnson was named to the All-Big West Second Team, the fourth time in her career she earned All-Big West honors. And sophomore guard Nicole Nesbit was named as the conference's Co-Sixth Player of the Year and was also an All-Big West Honorable Mention.[7]
While at Rutgers, Mitchell helped coach the team to an NCAA Tournament berth in nine straight seasons and a spot in the NCAA regional semifinals in five of her last seven seasons. Mitchell, who served as the program's recruiting coordinator since 2004, consistently landed the top talent in the nation, including four top-15 recruiting classes and the nation's top recruiting class in 2006–07.
Prior to her time with the
Prior to her stop in
Mitchell started her coaching career as a graduate assistant at the
Recognition
In her first year at the helm for UCSB, Mitchell turned around a team that was 8–13 midway through the season by coaching them to nine wins of their final 12 games. That comeback led to the program's 14th Big West Championship and a berth in the NCAA tournament. For that season, Mitchell was named as one of the top three finalists for the Spalding Maggie Dixon Division I Rookie Coach of the Year presented by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.[10]
References
- ^ a b "Carlene Mitchell Returns to the Big West as CSUN's Interim Head Women's Basketball Coach". Go Matadors. July 30, 2021.
- ^ "CSUN Announces Coaching Change in Women's Basketball". CSUN Athletics. 2024-03-15. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
- ^ "UCSB hires Carlene Mitchell as coach". ESPN. Associated Press. 19 May 2011. Archived from the original on 29 November 2011.
- ^ "Sports Figure of the Month: Carlene Mitchell". Presidio Sports. May 31, 2012.
- ^ "Carlene Mitchell Named New UCSB Women's Basketball Coach". May 20, 2011.
- ^ "BIG WEST CHAMPS!!!". UC Santa Barbara. March 10, 2012.
- ^ "Emilie Johnson, Nicole Nesbit Honored by the Big West". UC Santa Barbara. March 5, 2012.
- ^ "Women's Basketball". UC Santa Barbara.
- ^ "Rutgers Women's Basketball – Carlene Mitchell". Archived from the original on 2011-03-18. Retrieved 2013-01-29.
- ^ Information, UCSB Sports (March 31, 2012). "UCSB's Mitchell named finalist for Rookie Coach of the Year". Presidio Sports.