University of Connecticut Athletics
Women's Rowing
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach
Lizzie Mitchell was named Associate Head Coach of Gordon Getsinger's coaching staff in August of 2026. She enters her first season in Storrs in 2026-27.
Mitchell comes to UConn from Boston University, where she spent the last three seasons as the associate head coach of the women’s rowing program. She helped lead the Terriers to three consecutive Patriot League Championships from 2023 through 2026. Under her leadership, the Varsity 8 crew won back-to-back conference Boat of the Year honors in 2024 and 2025. In her final season in Boston, Mitchell and the Terriers coaching staff were recognized as the Patriot League Coaching Staff of the Year.
Prior to her time at Boston University, Mitchell spent the 2022-23 season as the head coach at Division III Pacific Lutheran University. In her lone season with the Lutes, she led the Varsity 8 to a fourth-place finish at the Petite Final at the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships.
Before joining Pacific Lutheran, Mitchell served as an assistant coach at Division III powerhouse Bates College from 2015 to 2021. She worked with both the women’s and men’s programs, helping lead the Bobcats to NESCAC Championships in 2017, 2018, and 2019, with the coaching staff earning Division III Coaching Staff of the Year honors in each of those seasons. Mitchell also helped guide the women’s program to four national championships in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2021.
Mitchell also brings international coaching experience, having coached the U23 U.S. National Team in 2023, 2024, and in 2026. This past summer, she helped lead the women’s quad to a gold medal at the U23 World Championships. In 2023, she guided the men’s lightweight pair to a gold medal.
Mitchell earned her bachelor’s degree in recreation management from the University of Vermont. She later obtained her master’s degree in intercollegiate athletic leadership from the University of Washington.
