Mitchell White

Biography

Mitchell White begins year three of coaching defensive backs for Miami. All-MAC Performers Eli Blakey (2025) First Team Silas Walters (2025) Second Team Eli Blakey (2024) Third Team In two years, White has already produced three All-MAC performers and helped the RedHawks to a pair of trips to Detroit for the MAC Championship Game. This past season, Eli Blakey and Silas Walters found spots on the All-MAC team as the RedHawks led the conference with 14 interceptions. Blakey was also an All-MAC performer in 2024. White, the identical-twin brother of former assistant coach Myles White (recently took a job with the Green Bay Packers), comes to Miami after spending one season as Utah State's defensive passing game coordinator and cornerbacks coach. That year, the Aggies allowed 219.6 yards passing per game and had two defensive backs earn all-conference honors. Prior to Utah State, White spent the 2022 season as cornerbacks coach at Stephen F. Austin, where he helped the Lumberjacks win the Western Athletic Conference Championship. White was part of an SFA defense that ranked among the best at the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level, forcing 19 turnovers with 11 interceptions and eight fumbles, and a pair of defensive touchdowns. White has also coached at Notre Dame College (2021), University of Mary (2020), the University of Findlay (2019) and the Montreal Alouettes (2018). As the pass defense coordinator and secondary coach at Notre Dame College in 2021, White helped th