George "Gee" Mitchell (March 15, 1912 – October 27, 1984) was an

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and

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coach and college athletic administrator. He served as the head football coach at the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the

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) from 1947 to 1949, compiling a record of 18–8–1. A native of

Rayville, Louisiana Rayville is a town in and the parish seat of Richland Parish in northeastern Louisiana, United States. The population, which is 69 percent African American, was 4,234 at the 2000 census, but it had declined by nearly 13 percent in 2010 to 3,695. ...

, Mitchell was a

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while playing

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for

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during their 1932 and 1933 seasons. Mitchell was hired at Southwestern Louisiana in 1935 to serve as both head boxing coach and as line coach on the football team. After leaving the program to serve in the Army during

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from 1943 to 1945, Mitchell returned to Southwestern as

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in 1946 and then as head football coach from 1947 to 1949. In 1950, Mitchell accepted a position at then Francis T. Nicholls Junior College (now known as Nicholls State University) to establish its athletics program. He remained at Nicholls through 1973 when he retired as a full professor.

Head coaching record

College football

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