Brian Keith Mitchell (born December 13, 1968) is an

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

coach and former professional

cornerback A cornerback (CB) is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in gridiron football. Cornerbacks cover Wide receiver, receivers most of the time, but also blitz and defend against such Play from scrimmage, offensive running plays as sweep ...

who played three seasons for the

Atlanta Falcons The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta. The Falcons compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC South, South division. The Falcons were founded o ...

in the

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a Professional gridiron football, professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National ...

(NFL). Mitchell is the coach cornerbacks coach at

North Carolina State University North Carolina State University (NC State, North Carolina State, NC State University, or NCSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1887 and p ...

Professional career

Mitchell was drafted by the

in the seventh round (172nd overall) of the

1991 NFL draft The 1991 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 21–22, 1991, at the Marriott Ma ...

References

External links

NC State profile

* 1968 births Living people African-American coaches of American football American football cornerbacks Atlanta Falcons players BYU Cougars football coaches BYU Cougars football players Coaches of American football from Indiana Coaches of American football from Texas East Carolina Pirates football coaches NC State Wolfpack football coaches Players of American football from Indianapolis Players of American football from Waco, Texas Texas Tech Red Raiders football coaches Virginia Tech Hokies football coaches Waco High School alumni West Virginia Mountaineers football coaches 20th-century American sportsmen {{Defensiveback-1960s-stub