Jon Mitchell - Assistant Baseball Coach
Jon Mitchell is entering his second season as an assistant coach for the Faulkner Eagles and will work with the hitters. Coach Mitchell comes to Faulkner after spending the 2005 season at Jefferson State Community College in Birmingham. While at Jefferson State, Coach Mitchell instructed the pitchers, catchers, and infielders while also heading up the recruiting efforts. Jefferson State fielded a league best .978 and the pitching staff lead the league in opposing batting average at .178. Jon started his coaching career at national junior college powerhouse Young Harris College. While at Young Harris, Mitchell coached the catchers and hitters. The 2004 team set the single season record for wins winning 50 out of 56 games and a final record of 52-8. Coach Mitchell played college baseball at Snead State Community College and at Auburn University of Montgomery. He is married to the former Susan Hamilton of Decatur, Alabama and they reside in Birmingham.
Brandon Kitch - Assistant Coach
Brandon Kitch enters his first year as an assistant coach for the Faulkner University baseball program and will work with outfielders and hitters.
Before spending last season as an assistant at Vernon College in Vernon, Texas, Kitch worked with infielders and outfielders and served as a hitting coach for eight seasons at Oklahoma City University - his alma mater. During his tenure at Oklahoma City, the Stars finished second in the NAIA World Series three successive years from 2002-2004 before finally winning the national championship in 2005. The 2004 Oklahoma City team won an NAIA record 73 games, a mark that is secured in the history books since there is now a 55-game limit in the NAIA.
Kitch was an outfielder at Oklahoma City in 1998. He earned his undergraduate degree in Physical Education in 2000 and a master’s degree in Secondary Education in 2004. He and his wife Virginia were married in December of 2007.
Jason Beasley – Graduate Assistant Baseball Coach
