The 2024-25 season was the first for Cortez Mitchell with the Charleston Southern women's basketball program, as he was hired by Head Coach Clarisse White in July of 2024.Â
Mitchell joined the women's basketball program after spending the 2023-24 season as an assistant men's basketball coach at Copiah-Lincoln Community College, where he was on the staff of his former Callaway High School basketball coach, David Sanders.
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A former member of the Buccaneer men's basketball team from 2016-18, Mitchell returned to Charleston Southern for his third stint at the University, as he was also Video Coordinator on former Charleston Southern Men's Basketball Head Coach Barclay Radebaugh's staff from 2021-23.
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As a player at Charleston Southern, Mitchell played in 59 career games and scored 599 career points in two seasons, averaging 10.2 points per game. Prior to that, he played two seasons at Pearl River Community College, where he was named All-Region 23 twice and was a part of a state championship team for the Wildcats as well.
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Mitchell is a native of Jackson, Mississippi and owns an associate of arts degree from Pearl River. He graduated from Charleston Southern with a degree in communications.
