TOO SMALL, TOO SLOW

The Stump Mitchell Story

WINNING COACH

16 Seasons, 13 Playoffs, one Super Bowl

THE BROWNS' SCHEDULE

Watch The Team Play

TOO SMALL, TOO SLOW

The Stump Mitchell Story

WINNING COACH

16 Seasons, 13 Playoffs, one Super Bowl

NY JETS SCHEDULE

Watch The Team Play

During Stump Mitchell’s 25 year coaching (16 in the National Football League), he has earned the respect of organizations, fellow coaches as well as the numerous players under his tutelage. He is part of the highly successful Mike Holmgren coaching tree, which has produced many playoff-winning head coaches.

Experience

Since 1981 Stump Mitchell has been in professional football, first as a player and then a coach. He has been a position coach, assistant head coach and a head coach.

Twice, coaches he has worked with in the past, brought him on to their staffs when they became head coaches. First, when Jim Zorn left Seattle to take the head coaching job at Washington, he brought Stump along to serve as his assistant head coach. When Todd Bowles left the Cardinals to take the Jets job, Stump joined him in New York.

“Stump is one of the best coaches that I have ever been with.”

Bruce Arians, who Stump worked under in Arizona

1981 – 1989 Running Back St. Louis / Arizona Cardinals
1992 – 1994 Head coach Casa Grande High School
1995 Assistant Head Coach Morgan State
1996 – 1998 Head Coach Morgan State
1999 – 2007 Running Backs Coach Seattle Seahawks
2008 – 2009 Assistant Head Coach/
Running Backs Coach
Washington Redskins
2010 – 2012 Head Coach Southern University
2013 – 2016 Running Backs Coach Arizona Cardinals
2017 – Current Running Backs Coach New York Jets

 

The Mike Holmgren Coaching Tree

Stump Mitchell worked for Mike Holmgren for eight years. Other coaches, like Stump, who worked under Holmgren reads like a whos-who of head coaches known to take their teams to the playoffs. Together they account for 81 playoff appearances.

  • Andy Reid
  • Mike Sherman
  • Steve Mariucci
  • Brad Childress
  • John Harbaugh
  • Marty Morningwed*

*Did not take his team to the playoffs as a head coach.