Preston Mitchell

Edward Preston Mitchell III was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football at Delaware State University for one season, in 1959, compiling a record of 1–7.^[1] Mitchell came to Delaware State in 1956 when he was appointed as athletic director and head of the Department of Health and Physical Education. He has previously been athletic director and head of the Department of Health and Physical Education at Fisk University for two years. Mitchell earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at North Carolina College at Durham—now known as North Carolina Central University—and a Master of Arts degree and a Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of Iowa.^[2]

Preston Mitchell

Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1959	Delaware State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1954–1956	Fisk
1956 – c. 1961	Delaware State
Head coaching record
Overall	1–7

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Delaware State Hornets (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1959)
1959	Delaware State	1–7	1–6	17th
Delaware State:		1–7	1–6
Total:		1–7