Weston Mitchell

American basketball coach

Weston “Wes” Mitchell (December 8, 1890 – July 1962) was the head basketball coach for the Minnesota Golden Gophers for one lone season in 1944-45. Mitchell replaced Carl Nordly as coach after Nordly had steered the Gophers to a 17-23 record over two seasons after replacing long-time coach Dave MacMillan. McMillan came back to coach the Gophers again for the 1945-46 season.[1] The Gophers went 8-13 during Mitchell’s one-year tenure – with a 4-8 record in the Big Ten – which placed them in a tie for sixth place.[2] Mitchell graduated from Wisconsin-Stout in 1913.

Before becoming a coach for the Gophers, Mitchell had been the head coach at Minneapolis Central,[3] where one of his players was John Kundla — the Hall of Fame coach, who had led the Minneapolis Lakers to five NBA titles and would later be the Minnesota Gophers head coach.

References

  1. ^ "Former Golden Gopher Men's Basketball Coaches". GophersSports.com.
  2. ^ http://www.gophersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=39209&SPID=3302&DB_OEM_ID=8400&ATCLID=1432293 [dead link]
  3. ^ Hugunin, Marc; Thornley, Stew (2006-01-01). Minnesota Hoops: Basketball in the North Star State. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 9780873515740.
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Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball head coaches
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  • L. J. Cooke (1897–1924)
  • Harold Taylor (1924–1927)
  • Dave MacMillan (1927–1942)
  • Carl Nordly (1942–1944)
  • Weston Mitchell (1944–1945)
  • Dave MacMillan (1945–1948)
  • Osborne Cowles (1948–1959)
  • John Kundla (1959–1968)
  • Bill Fitch (1968–1970)
  • George Hanson (1970–1971)
  • Bill Musselman (1971–1975)
  • Jim Dutcher (1975–1986)
  • Jimmy Williams # (1986)
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  • Dan Monson (1999–2006)
  • Jim Molinari # (2006–2007)
  • Tubby Smith (2007–2013)
  • Richard Pitino (2013–2021)
  • Ben Johnson (2021– )

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