Mitch Doolittle is entering his first season as the secondary coach and co-special teams coordinator for Mercer University in 2013.

 

Prior to coming to Mercer, Doolittle began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at the University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB) from 2007-2009, assisting the team’s secondary and linebackers, while also serving as the Blazers’ video assistant.

 

Doolittle translated his position with the Blazers into another graduate assistant role at the University of Georgia in 2009. He was the Bulldog’s program coordinator and worked primarily with the linebackers and secondary. In 2009, he was he was a major contributor to a Georgia defense that ended the season with only one full time assistant on staff. The Bulldogs went on to win the Independence Bowl, defeating Texas A&M 44-20.

 

In May of 2011, he took on the role as the linebackers coach and assisting special teams for the Savannah State University Tigers.

 

During his playing career, Doolittle played quarterback, wide receiver, and special teams for Presbyterian College in Clinton, S.C. from 2003-2006. He was a four-year letterman for his father, Mike Doolittle, at Ninety Six High School in Ninety Six, S.C., and was a member of two state championship teams. During his junior and senior seasons, he was a member of the All-State and All-Region teams. His father is currently the offensive coordinator at Lincoln County High School.

 

Doolittle earned his bachelor’s degree in history with a minor in psychology from Presbyterian College in 2007. His brother, Stan, played quarterback for Gardner-Webb University in the Big South Conference.

 

Doolittle and his wife, Stacey, were married in 2011.