Making the transition from college to the pros is rarely a smooth one after players are drafted. That goes for the players as well as their coaches. And perhaps nobody knows that better than Pittsburgh Steelers defensive line coach John Mitchell, who spent 17 seasons coaching college players, and is entering his 25th season coaching in the NFL.
Mitchell, a lineman at Alabama before joining the Crimson Tide’s staff as the defensive ends coach the very year after his playing days at the university ended, knows quite a bit about how things work on both sides of the fence.