Daphne Mitchell - Women's Basketball Coach

Daphne Mitchell

Title:
Assistant Coordinator of Recruiting and Operations
Email:
Daphne_Mitchell@baylor.edu
Phone:
7127

Daphne Mitchell joined the Lady Bear basketball staff in July 2015 as the Associate Coordinator of Recruiting and Operations. In her sixth year with the program, she assists in the areas of recruiting, video, social media, scouting and game preparation.

Mitchell, a 2008 Georgia Tech graduate, came to Baylor after spending two years as an assistant coach at Murray State. She also spent time as an assistant coach at Jacksonville and at Tennessee Tech where she coached under current Baylor assistant coach Sytia Messer.

The East Point, Ga., native played at Georgia Tech while Messer coached there, appearing in 108 career games from 2004-08. In 2006, Mitchell was honored by the ACC with a Top Six for Service award for her work in the Atlanta community where she worked with the Susan G. Komen Greater Atlanta Fight Against Breast Cancer, Hosea’s Feed the Hungry program, and she also volunteered at local elementary and middle schools and Habitat For Humanity.

After receiving her bachelor’s degree in business management from Georgia Tech in 2008, Mitchell traveled overseas and played on professional teams in Ecuador, Finland, Spain and Portugal.