Doug Mitchell

Doug Mitchell was a football guy who dabbled in golf and swimming while growing up in the San Fernando Valley.

As it turned out, golf became Mitchell’s claim to fame.

He coached the boys and girls golf teams at Dos Pueblos, and the girls squad developed into one of the elite programs in the CIF-Southern Section. His teams won back-to-back CIF-SS titles in 2002-03.

Mitchell arrived at Dos Pueblos in 1967, a year after the school opened. He taught Advanced Placement World History and AP European History for 40 years and coached before retiring.

His high school coaching career started in football, guiding the freshman and later the sophomore teams. His next role was coaching swimming in the early and mid-1970s.

He then took on the golf programs in the 1990s, coaching the boys’ team from 1993 to 2006 and the girls’ squad from 1998 to 2006.

After winning the CIF title in 2002, Dos Pueblos wasn’t expected to repeat the following year. But the Chargers upended favored Peninsula and became the first back-to-back champion in six years. The team, led by Victoria Alimonda, Sara Ovadia and Nicole Dishman, finished second in the state.

Besides his high school coaching, Mitchell also coached Little League and in the Goleta Youth Basketball Association.

Doug and his wife, Virginia, are enjoying retirement.

Among his activities are being a course Marshall at Glen Annie Golf Club and a greeter and usher at Calvary Chapel.