| Ron Mitchell | |
| Birth Date: | 29 September 1938 |
| Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Kentucky State College |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1968 |
| Coach Team2: | Boston University (freshmen) |
| Coach Years3: | 1969–1971 |
| Coach Team3: | Boston University (defensive coordinator)[1] |
| Coach Years4: | 1982 |
| Coach Team4: | Kentucky State (interim HC) |
| Coach Years5: | 1985 |
| Coach Team5: | Alabama State (interim HC) |
| Coach Sport6: | Men's basketball |
| Coach Years7: | 1968–? |
| Coach Team7: | Boston University (freshmen) |
| Coach Years8: | 1971–1974 |
| Coach Team8: | Boston University |
| Coach Years9: | 1974–1976 |
| Coach Team9: | Grinnell |
| Coach Years10: | 1981–1982 |
| Coach Team10: | Kentucky State |
| Coach Sport11: | Women's basketball |
| Coach Years12: | 1980–1981 |
| Coach Team12: | Kentucky State (interim HC) |
| Coach Years13: | 1986–1998 |
| Coach Team13: | Alabama State |
| Overall Record: | 3–13 (football) 53–88 (men's basketball) |
Ronald Mitchell (born September 29, 1938) is an American former college football and college basketball coach.
A Chicago native, Mitchell attended Crane High School there, where he was captain of the basketball and football teams.[2] He went on to play both college basketball and college football at Kentucky State College. He later served in the United States Army at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri. He received a master's degree in health, physical education and recreation from Indiana University in 1967.[3]
Mitchell became the first African American appointed to a full-time athletics position at Boston University when we was hired as an assistant football and basketball coach in 1968.[4] In 1971, he became the first African American appointed as head basketball coach for a major college program, also at Boston University.[5]
Mitchell served as a head coach in three different college sports: men's basketball, women's basketball, and football: