Jack Churchill Mitchell (December 3, 1923 – July 5, 2009) was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the Municipal University of Wichita—now known as

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—from 1953 to 1954, the

University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas (U of A, UArk, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and the largest university in the state. Founded as Arkansas ...

from 1955 to 1957, and the

University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. Tw ...

from 1958 to 1966. compiling a career

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record of 72–61–7. Mitchell played football at the

University of Oklahoma The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two Territories became the state of Oklahom ...

as a

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from 1946 to 1948. He was named an All-American in 1948. After retiring from coaching, Mitchell moved to Wellington, Kansas to become a publisher at '' The Wellington Daily News''.

Coaching career

Wichita

Mitchell was the 21st head football coach for the Municipal University of Wichita, now

, located in

Wichita, Kansas Wichita ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas, Sedgwick County. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 397,532. The Wichita metro area had ...

. He held that position for two seasons, from 1953 until 1954. His overall coaching record at Wichita was 13–5–1.

Arkansas

From 1954 to 1957, Mitchell was the head football coach at

, where he compiled a 17–12–1 record.

Kansas

Mitchell was the 28th head football coach for the

located in

Lawrence, Kansas Lawrence is the county seat of Douglas County, Kansas, Douglas County, Kansas, United States, and the sixth-largest city in the state. It is in the northeastern sector of the state, astride Interstate 70, between the Kansas River, Kansas and Waka ...

and he held that position for nine seasons, from 1958 until 1966. His overall coaching record at Kansas was 44–42–5.

Death

Mitchell died on July 5, 2009, in

Sun City, Arizona Sun City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Maricopa County, Arizona, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, that is located within the Phoenix metropolitan area. The population was 39,931 as of the 2020 United Sta ...

Head coaching record

College

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