Mitchell Jonke '21

Biography

Recruiting Areas: Texas, Oklahoma Former Brown quarterback Mitchell Jonke ‘21 enters his third season on the Brown coaching staff in 2026. Jonke joined James Perry's staff as an Offensive Quality Control Assistant in 2024 before being promoted to Quarterbacks Coach and Recruiting Coordinator ahead of the 2025 season. In his current role, Jonke coaches the quarterbacks and oversees the internal coordination of the team’s recruiting efforts and serves as a liaison to admissions. In 2025, Jonke coached Brown quarterback James Murphy to Second Team All-Ivy honors, while leading the Ivy League and ranking third in the nation with 279.8 passing yards per game. In addition to leading the league in passing offense, Brown ranked in the top half of the Ivy in scoring, and Murphy posted the second-highest completion percentage for a season in program history at 67.4 percent. With the Bears in 2024, he helped coach quarterback Jake Willcox to Honorable Mention All-Ivy and Fourth Team Phil Steele All-Ivy accolades. Brown led the Ivy League and ranked ninth in FCS Football with 290.7 passing yards per game, and Brown was tops in the league and 18th nationally with 421.8 yards of total offense per contest. Prior to returning to College Hill, Jonke worked as an assistant coach at Saint Anselm, and as a graduate assistant coach at Hardin Simmons University. In two years at Saint Anselm, Jonke served as the running backs coach in 2022 and 2023, and also served as quarterbacks coach for the 202

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