Assistant head coach John Mitchell just finished his 27th year with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Both the first Black player and coach for the Alabama Crimson Tide in the early 1970s, Coach Mitchell will be honored on Saturday, along with teammate Wilbur Jackson, during Alabama’s 2022 Golden Flake A-Day Game according to Teresa Varley of Steelers.com.
John Mitchell broke barriers while he was at the University of Alabama, and this weekend the University will honor Mitchell, the Steelers Assistant Head Coach, during the 2022 Golden Flake A-Day Game, the school's annual spring football game.