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Vic Mitchell returns for his 20th season at the helm of the Shorter College women's basketball program. In today's world of coaching, `tenure' is a word seldom used when talking about the longevity of the relationship between a coach and a program, but Mitchell's work with the Lady Hawks over nearly two decades speaks for itself. Over the past 19 seasons, Mitchell has coached 42 Academic All-Conference selections, 23 All-Conference selections, 13 NAIA Scholar-Athlete selections, three NAIA All-Americans, including one three-time performer and another two-time selection, two Conference Freshmen of the Year, two Conference Players of the Year, one Kodak All-American and two NAIA National Emil S. Liston Award winners, including 2008-09 recipient Whitni Tucker. On Feb. 26, 2009, Mitchell won his 300th game at Shorter with a 63-54 win over Southern States Athletic Conference foe Reinhardt College, the school from which Mitchell came to Shorter in 1990. The Lady Hawks have turned in back-to-back 20-win seasons, going 20-11 in 2007-08 and posting a 20-12 last season en route to advancing to the SSAC Tournament semifinals. In his fifth season as head coach of the Lady Hawks in 1994-95, Mitchell guided Shorter to the regular season conference championship. In 2001-02, Mitchell's charges went 21-11 and earned a trip to the NAIA National Tournament, finishing the season ranked No. 25 in the country. During his tenure at Shorter, Mitchell has been named Conference Coach of the Year twice while leading the Lady Hawks to four, 20-win campaigns. Mitchell graduated from the University of Georgia in 1984 with both his undergraduate and Master's degrees. During his academic career at Georgia, Mitchell served as an undergraduate manager and graduate assistant coach for the men's basketball team. He was part of the 1981-82 squad that reached the Final Four of the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) and also worked with the 1982-83 Bulldogs' team that advanced to the Final Four of the NCAA Men's Basketball National Tournament. Mitchell went on to coach for six years (1984-90) at Reinhardt College where he was honored as the Region Coach of the Year in 1988-89. |
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