Nick Mitchell, former assistant head football coach at Humboldt State University, enters his sixth season as head coach at Golden West College.

Prior to arriving at GWC, Mitchell spent the previous three seasons as the assistant head coach at Humboldt State University, coaching the defensive backs and coordinating the special teams.

After graduating from Humboldt State in 1997, Coach Mitchell served one year as defensive backs coach at Northern State University in South Dakota, then one season as defensive backs coach, strength & conditioning coordinator and West Coast recruiting coordinator at Eastern New Mexico University.

Mitchell then moved back to the west coast for his second stint at Humboldt State as the defensive backs coach before moving on to Contra Costa College where he spent two seasons as the defensive coordinator.

Coach Mitchell was a starter at Humboldt State during the 1994 and 1995 seasons, when the program posted 8-2 and 8-1-1 records, respectively. He joined Humboldt’s staff as a student assistant during the 1996 season, overseeing the development of Humboldt State University’s defensive backs.