Warren Mitchell
Limon High School
Impact Statement
Mitchell coached multiple sports at Limon and earned the selection of Colorado’s “Coach of the Three-Quarter Century”.
Biography
If coaching is the “Fountain of Youth,” then Mitchell has found it. At 85, he is completing his 55th season as the school’s track and field coach. His boys track team has won 12 Class 2A state titles, most recently back-to-back crowns in 2004 and 2005, and the Denver Rocky Mountain News named him All-Colorado Boys Coach of the Year in 2005.
Mitchell also coached football for 37 seasons at Limon, 10 as the head coach, and posted a 399-162 record and won four state championships in 24 seasons as head basketball coach. Mitchell has won over 700 games and 27 team championships in his coaching career.
He was inducted into the Colorado High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1986, the National High School Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Colorado High School Activities Association Hall of Fame in 2001, and will be inducted into the National Federation of State High School Associations Hall of Fame this summer.
He was selected Colorado’s “Coach of the Three-Quarter Century” honoree by Coach and Athletic Director magazine in 2007.
Upon being honored, Mitchell continued to coach at Limon until his retirement in 2010. Over his career, he coached 73 Individual (57) and Relay (16) State Champions.
Mitchell passed away November 14, 2014, but his coaching legacy lives on.
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