Boston University

Lizzie Mitchell joined the Boston University women's rowing program in September 2023. The 2023-24 season marked her first on the Charles River.

Over the summer of 2024, Mitchell was named the coach of the women's single entry for the U.S. National Team at the U23 World Rowing Championships, taking place in August.

In her first year in 2023-24, Mitchell helped BU capture the 2024 Patriot League title, the third in program history and second in the previous three campaigns. BU swept all three Grand Final races for the first time since joining the Patriot League in the 2013-14 school year. The Terrier Varsity 8 crew was named the conference's Boat of the Year.

That season, BU went on to compete at the 2024 NCAA Championships in Bethel, Ohio. Overall, the Terriers finished 19th as a team while generating 24 points, surpassing the totals from their previous two NCAA appearances in 2022 and 2014. Following the end of the collegiate slate, BU went on to compete at the famed Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames in England in July of 2024. Sending two crews, the Terrier 8+ advanced to the quarterfinal round in the Island Challenge Cup, one of two NCAA programs to advance that far in the entry.

Mitchell arrived to Terrier Town following one season as the head coach at Division III Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Wash. In her lone season, Mitchell helped guide the Lutes' Varsity Eight to a fourth-place result in the Petite Final at the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships, while the 2V8 was fifth in the Grand Final.

Mitchell boasts extensive experience at the collegiate level, winning four national titles as an assistant coach at NCAA Division III juggernaut Bates College. Mitchell assisted the Bobcats’ program from 2015 to 2021, hoisting national titles in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2021. Mitchell guided Bates to New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) titles in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2021 and was part of the Bates College staff that was tabbed Division III Staff of the Year in 2017, 2018, and 2019 by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association. 
 
In addition to working with the national title winning women’s program, Mitchell assisted with the men’s program, helping the Bobcats win NESCAC crowns in 2017, 2018, and 2019 and making the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships in 2018 and 2021. 
 
Mitchell served as the junior girls rowing coach with the Sammamish Rowing Association during 2021-2022. In that role, Mitchell oversaw training plans for a team of 70-80 rowers, coordinated travel plans for the entire juniors program, and served as the novice masters coach. Mitchell additionally was the club’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coordinator. 
 
Mitchell has experience as a rowing coach at the Northwest Rowing Center, the US Junior National Team Development Camp, and at Waynflete School.
 
Mitchell has a Bachelor's degree in recreation management from the University of Vermont, and holds a Master's in intercollegiate athletic leadership from the University of Washington.