Head Coach Nick Mitchell begins his first year at Grand View and will lead the inaugural wrestling squad in the fall of 2008. Mitchell comes to Grand View after serving as the assistant wrestling coach at Wartburg College for the past nine seasons.

During his nine seasons at Wartburg, the Knights collected three national dual and team championships and were the runner-ups three times.

Mitchell wrestled his college career at Wartburg where he was a three-time Iowa Conference champion and three-time NCAA Division III All-American. Individually, he finished second at the national championships once and was third twice, and was a part of the 1999 national championship team Mitchell was team captain for the Knights and was named the team's Outstanding Wrestler twice. He compiled 114 wins as a Knight which ranks seventh-best on the school's all-time win list.

Mitchell, a Johnston native, graduated from the Wartburg in 2000 with a degree in Elementary Education. He will complete his Master's Degree in Education from Viterbo University this summer.