| Matthew Mitchell | |
| Current Title: | Special teams coordinator & outside linebackers coach |
| Current Team: | Wisconsin |
| Current Conference: | Big Ten |
| Birth Date: | 27 November 1974 |
| Birth Place: | Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1994–1997 |
| Player Team1: | Cornell |
| Player Positions: | Defensive lineman |
| Coach Years1: | 2000–2001 |
| Coach Team1: | Wartburg (defensive assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 2002–2003 |
| Coach Team2: | Wartburg (DC) |
| Coach Years3: | 2004–2007 |
| Coach Team3: | Grand Valley State (LB) |
| Coach Years4: | 2008–2009 |
| Coach Team4: | Grand Valley State (DC/LB) |
| Coach Years5: | 2010–2022 |
| Coach Team5: | Grand Valley State |
| Coach Years6: | 2023–present |
| Coach Team6: | Wisconsin (ST/OLB) |
| Overall Record: | 117–31 |
| Tournament Record: | 10–7 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
| Championships: | 3 GLIAC (2010, 2016, 2022) 3 GLIAC North Division (2011–2012, 2016) |
Matthew N. Mitchell (born November 27, 1974) is an American college football coach and former player. He is the special teams coordinator and outside linebackers coach for the University of Wisconsin–Madison, positions he has held since 2023. He was the head football coach at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan from 2010 to 2022.
Mitchell was a two-time, First-Team All-Midwest Conference selection as a defensive lineman during his playing career at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, where he earned a B.S.S. in biology and secondary education in 1997.
From 2000 to 2003, Mitchell was an assistant coach serving as Linebackers coach at Wartburg College. From 2004 to 2009, he served as an assistant at Grand Valley State coach under Chuck Martin. Following the 2009 season, Mitchell was named head coach at Grand Valley State when Martin left to join former Grand Valley State head coach Brian Kelly at Notre Dame.
Mitchell and his wife, Jen, are the parents of sons Trayton and RJ.[1]