Douglas Mitchell

Doug Mitchell's 2008 appointment, his first head coach assignment with USA Basketball, follows three stints as a USA assistant coach. Also the head boys
basketball coach at North Central High School (Ind.), Mitchell has tallied a 7-4 overall record in USA competitions, collecting two golds and one silver medal.

'It's an honor to wear U-S-A across your chest, and it doesn't get much better than that for a high school coach,' said Mitchell. 'I learned a lot last year as an
assistant coach for Pat Fitterer, and I take this responsibility very seriously. I am looking forward to working with these kids, and I will do me best to help this team reach its full potential. The time frame is short, but with the help of Coach Olive, we can get it done.'

In 2007, Mitchell served as the Nike Hoop Summit assistant coach, helping the USA to a 100-80 win over the World Select Team. In addition, he was an assistant coach at the 2003 and 2005 USA Basketball Men's Youth Development Festivals. In 2005 he helped USA White to a 5-0 record and gold medal, and in 2003 he assisted USA North to a silver medal.

Also an assistant coach for the 2002 and 2003 McDonald's High School All-American games, Mitchell has served as head basketball coach at Indianapolis' North Central High School for more than a decade (1993-94 to present), compiling a 239-119 record (.668 winning percentage) through the 2007-08 season. He has one Indiana Class 4A state title to his credit, which he captured with North Central in 1999.

Mitchell has collected a pair of Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference (MIC) titles (1997, 1999) and seven times his teams have advanced to the state sectional (1995, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008).

This 2007-08 season, Mitchell led his team to a Sectional 10 Championship and a 17-8 record.

In 2006-07, Mitchell led North Central, which featured the 2007 Indiana Gatorade State Player of the Year Eric Gordon, who now stars at Indiana University, to a 21-5 finish and the 2007 Indiana Class 4A state title game.

For his accomplishments while at North Central, Mitchell has been named the 1999 Indiana Class 4A Coach of the Year by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association and was the MIC Coach of the Year in 1997 and 1999.

Mitchell has seen more than 40 of his athletes compete in the NCAA. Eleven former players currently compete at the collegiate level, including three athletes at Indiana, Gordon, A.J. Ratliff and Adam Alhfeld. The 2003 NCAA Tournament featured four of Mitchell's protégés, including Jason Gardner (Arizona), Nick Gardner (Butler), Marcus May (IUPUI) and Josh Murray (IUPUI).

A three-year letterwinner (1976-77 through 1978-79) at Butler University (Ind.), Mitchell was a team captain as a junior and senior and earned 1978 All-Indiana Collegiate Conference (ICC) first team honors. He helped the Bulldogs to a pair of ICC titles in 1977 and 1978 and paced his 1977-78 squad in free throw percentage (.875) and assists (78 / 3.0 apg.). His free throw accuracy still ranks ninth among Butler's all-time single-season records in that category. Additionally, Mitchell was the recipient of Butler's 1979 Hilton U. Brown Mental Attitude award.

After acting as a high school assistant coach for two years, Mitchell returned to his alma mater, Butler, where he was a six-year assistant (1987-88 through 1992-93). Involved in recruiting and scouting, Mitchell helped the Bulldogs to a pair of NIT appearances (1991, 1992) before accepting the varsity position at North Central.