Jonathan Mitchell

Biography

Jonathan Mitchell enters his second season as an Assistant Coach with the Bears in 2025-26. Mitchell joined Mercer after spending one season as an assistant coach with NBA G League's Birmingham Squadron in 2023-24. Mitchell worked with G League players on their continual development of their game in hopes of being called up to the NBA. Mitchell worked with players such as Trey Jameson III who signed a two-way deal with the New York Knicks prior to the 2025-26 season. Mitchell was selected to attend the TopConnect Basketball Symposium in the summer of 2025. TopConnect identifies the top assistant coaches in the nation and offers elite networking and professional development opportunities. Before joining the Birmingham Squadron, Mitchell's most recent coaching stop at the collegiate level was at Stetson University where he was an assistant coach for four seasons from 2019-2023. Mitchell coached three All-Conference players and two ASUN Freshman of the Year players over his four seasons at Stetson. In his last season at Stetson in 2022-23, the Hatters had one of their best seasons in program history, going 12-6 in conference play which was the second-best conference record in school history. That season, the Hatters ranked third in the ASUN in scoring and field goal percentage. Prior to his time at Stetson, Mitchell spent one season in 2018-19 at Georgia under head coach Tom Crean where he served as a graduate assistant. At Georgia, Mitchell coached current Brooklyn Net, Nic Cla