Butler University Athletics

Alex Mitchell joined the Butler Football coaching staff in 2025 as the program's tight end coach. Mitchell most recently worked at Indiana State as the running backs coach. He joined the Sycamores in 2023 following coaching stints with ISU, Western Michigan, and Kenyon College.
 
Mitchell helped improve the Sycamore run game during his two-year stint as the running back coach. ISU averaged more rushing yards per game than passing yards in 2024. Overall production picked up across the board with the Sycamores scoring nine more rushing touchdowns in 2024 than they did in 2023.
 
Before becoming the running backs coach at Indiana State, Mitchell worked on the same staff as a graduate assistant working extensively with the tight end group and the special team’s unit. Among his responsibilities included creating pre-game tests for the tight ends, as well as breaking down opponent fronts, stunts, and blitzes identified during games. He also actively participated in the opponent game planning and conducted scout team meetings with the ISU defensive line and linebackers.
 
As a part of his special teams responsibilities, Mitchell coordinated the scout teams and was responsible for identifying and communicating opponent schemes during games from the coaches’ box.
 
Prior to his time at Indiana State, Mitchell coached as Western Michigan University from 2020-2022 first as an offensive quality control coach (2020 & 2021) and then as a defensive graduate assistant (2022). Over his final season at WMU he worked primarily with the defensive linemen, as well as assisting with scout cards, inputting game and practice film data, breaking down opponent film, and managing and running the defensive scout team.
 
While working offensive quality control, Mitchell worked with the WMU quarterbacks assisting with drills, pre-game warmups, and post-game analysis. He also conducted regular film sessions and meetings with one of the top offensive efficiency groups in the MAC.
 
Mitchell earned his coaching start at Kenyon College from 2018-20 working with the wide receivers and the running backs. He helped implement and run individual position drills, as well as created scouting reports and analysis of the opposing linebackers and special teams.
 
Mitchell posted a two-year playing career at Division III Kenyon College earning Scout Team Captain honors before his playing career ended due to three major knee surgeries.
 
He earned his bachelor’s degree in economics and psychology from Kenyon College in May 2020 and completed his master’s in Sport Performance Program from Western Michigan in May 2022.