Sam Mitchell (footballer)

Sam Mitchell
Sam Mitchell
	Mitchell with Hawthorn in 2025
Personal information
Full name	Samuel Mitchell
Date of birth	12 October 1982
Place of birth	Box Hill, Victoria
Original team(s)	Eastern Ranges (TAC Cup)/Box Hill Hawks
Draft	No. 36, 2001 national draft
Debut	Round 5, 2002, Hawthorn vs. Richmond, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Position(s)	Midfielder / defender
Playing career1
Years	Club
2002–2016	Hawthorn
2017	West Coast
Total
Representative team honours
Years	Team
2008	Victoria
International team honours
2014–2015	Australia
Coaching career3
Years	Club
2021	Box Hill (VFL)
2022–	Hawthorn
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2017. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of round 10, 2025.
Career highlights
	4× AFL premiership player: 2008, 2013–2015; AFL premiership captain: 2008; Brownlow Medal: 2012; 3× All-Australian team: 2011, 2013, 2015; Hawthorn captain: 2008–2010; 5× Peter Crimmins Medal: 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016; AFL Rising Star: 2003; 2× Lou Richards Medal: 2011, 2015; Herald Sun Player of the Year: 2011; VFL premiership player: 2001; J.J. Liston Trophy: 2002; Col Austen Trophy: 2002; Australian Football Hall of Fame: Inductee 2023;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Samuel Mitchell (born 12 October 1982) is an Australian rules football coach and former player who is the current coach of the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League.

As a player, he played with the Hawthorn Football Club and West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League. Following his retirement in 2017, Mitchell remained with West Coast as an assistant coach in 2018. In 2019, Mitchell returned to Hawthorn as the midfield coach before becoming head of development and senior coach of Hawthorn's VFL affiliate team, the Box Hill Hawks in 2021. In July 2021, Hawthorn appointed Mitchell as the next senior coach, taking over from Alastair Clarkson at the end of the 2021 season.