Senior Associate Athletics Director for Student-Athlete Health and Well-Being
EdD, East Tennessee State 2019
M.S. Gardner-Webb University 1998
B.S. Mars Hill University 1996

Jon Mitchell was promoted to Senior Associate Athletics Director for Student-Athlete Health and Well-Being in June of 2019, after joining the sports medicine staff in 2014 as the Director of Athletic Training Services. He worked for four seasons as the athletic trainer for the men's basketball program.

Prior to joining the Mountaineers, Mitchell spent 15 years at nearby Gardner-Webb University, where he oversaw all athletic training operations and also was the athletic trainer for the men's basketball team in addition to the Runnin' Bulldogs men's cross country and track and field teams.

He also served as an Instructor and as a Preceptor in the athletic training major in the School of Preventive and Rehabilitative Health Sciences at GWU.

Mitchell previously served as head athletic trainer at Newberry College from 1998-2000. He earned his bachelor's degree from Mars Hill College and his master's from Gardner-Webb University. A native of New Jersey, Mitchell ran cross country at Mars Hill. He and his wife, Stephanie, have two sons, Payton and Camden.