FAYETTEVILLE — Running backs coach Reggie Mitchell
Bio: Has more than 30 years of college coaching experience…Mitchell has coached or recruited 33 players that have been selected in the NFL Draft, including six first round picks… While at Michigan State from 1999-2004, he coached the wide receivers in 1999 and the running backs for five seasons…He tutored two NFL first-round draft picks in wide receiver Plaxico Burress (Pittsburgh Steelers, 2000) and running back T.J. Duckett (Atlanta Falcons, 2002) and also recruited a third in wide receiver Charles Rogers, the No. 2 selection overall by the Detroit Lions in the 2003 NFL Draft.
Favorite meal: Oven fried catfish and french fires
I would never ever eat: shrimp (allergic)
Favorite thing about coaching: the relationships with the players
One rule you would like to change in college football: Kickoff return
Childhood football hero: Gale Sayers
Favorite vacation spot: Flint, Michigan. Home
Your favorite thing about football: it’s life. You have the highs and lows. The camaraderie of the locker room where you get guys from different backgrounds that come together for one common goal
Coaches that have impacted your career: Glen Mason. I worked for him for 13 years. He was all about making the coaches accountable as well as making the players accountable. He moved me to different positions so he showed me ‘Hey, if you’re a coach you can coach anything.’ I would say he had the most influence of any coach I worked for
Hobbies: watching Netflix