Coach Mitch on the Mend
In the heat of Saturday’s battle against Boston College, Coach Jim Grobe was told that Assistant Coach Billy Mitchell had been hurt.
“Somebody said `Mitch is down,’ ‘’ Grobe recalled. “I said `You’re kidding, what’s he doing in the game?’
“You know it’s going bad when the coaches start going down.’‘
Mitchell, who has coached with Grobe now for 15 straight seasons, ended up with an injured cheek bone and sinus cavity when a play spilled out of bounds and the cleats of linebacker Luke Kuechly inadvertantly caught him in the face. Mitchell returned to the game in the second half, but is sidelined this week while he recovers.
“He’s better,’’ Grobe said. “They decided yesterday that they didn’t have to do surgery, so that’s really good. So if he keeps the swelling down and he doesn’t have any problems with pain and headaches or things like that, hopefully we’ll get him back here before too long. But we want him to heal up before he starts trying coaching again.
“We might have to put him in the (coaches) box from now on, if you can get run over like that.’’