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 Greg
Mitchell
Assistant Coach
Fifth Season
Davis & Elkins, 1995
Greg Mitchell is entering his fifth
campaign on the Penguins soccer
staff as an assistant coach for
Anthony James. Mitchell, who works
closely with the YSU goalkeepers,
also serves as the athletic
department’s youth camp coordinator.
Mitchell continued to work with Caitlin Bodzioney and further
develop her goalkeeping skills in
the 2007 season. Bodzioney posted
the third-fewest goals allowed per
game in school history with an
average of 2.06 for the season and
had five games were she collected
11-or-more saves. She also recorded
for the fifth most saves in a game
in school history with 15 against
Milwaukee.
In 2006, Mitchell helped develop
Bodzioney into a skilled net minder
in her freshman year. Bodzioney
totaled the most league saves with
133 and was ranked 14th in the
nation with an average of 7.82 saves
per game. Bodzioney’s 1.88
goals-against average also broke the
single-season school record of 1.89
previously established by Jessica
Yarter in 2005.
In 2005, Mitchell worked to turn Yarter from a forward into
one of the most talented goalies in
not only the Horizon League, but
school history. Yarter ranked second
in the league in saves per game
(6.25) and was in the top five in
save percentage (76.9). The Penguins
posted two shutouts for the year,
just the second time that has
occurred since 2000.
Before coming to YSU prior to the 2004 campaign, he spent
four seasons as head women’s soccer
coach at Davis & Elkins College in
Elkins, W.Va.
In 2003, Mitchell guided the
Senators to an 8-13 overall record
and a runner-up finish at the 2003
WVIAC Tournament.
In 2002, Mitchell led Davis & Elkins to an 8-10 overall mark
and a 5-4 record in the WVIAC and
guided the Senators to their first
postseason win with a 1-0 victory
over the University of Charleston in
the WVIAC quarterfinals. In 2000,
Mitchell had the task of starting
the Senators program from scratch.
Prior to accepting the women’s
soccer head coaching position at
Davis & Elkins, Mitchell spent one
season as an assistant coach for the
Davis & Elkins men’s soccer team.
Mitchell graduated cum laude from
Davis & Elkins in 1995 with a
bachelor’s degree in
economics/business administration.
He earned a Master’s Degree from
West Virginia University in Athletic
Coaching Education in May 2004.
In soccer circles, he has a National Soccer Coaches
Association of America National
Diploma, a United States Soccer
Federation National “C” License and
a NSCAA National Goalkeeping
Diploma.
Greg and his wife Niquita have a
daughter, Logan, and a son, Landon. |
