Weston Mitchell, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetWeston Mitchell
American basketball coach
Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1890
Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001
Profession: basketball coach
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Weston Mitchell
- Weston “Wes” Mitchell (December 8, 1890 – July 1962) was the head basketball coach for the Minnesota Golden Gophers for one lone season in 1944-45.
- Mitchell replaced Carl Nordly as coach after Nordly had steered the Gophers to a 17-23 record over two seasons after replacing long-time coach Dave MacMillan.
- McMillan came back to coach the Gophers again for the 1945-46 season.
- The Gophers went 8-13 during Mitchell’s one-year tenure – with a 4-8 record in the Big Ten – which placed them in a tie for sixth place.
- Mitchell graduated from Wisconsin-Stout in 1913.
- Before becoming a coach for the Gophers, Mitchell had been the head coach at Minneapolis Central, where one of his players was John Kundla — the Hall of Fame coach, who had led the Minneapolis Lakers to five NBA titles and would later be the Minnesota Gophers head coach.
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