Tom Mitchell serves as senior associate athletics director for compliance, a position he was promoted to by vice president and director of intercollegiate athletics Mike Bobinski in January 2022.
A member of the athletics department’s senior administrative staff, he is responsible for overseeing all areas of compliance operations for Purdue Athletics. Prior to his promotion, he served as associate athletics director for compliance from 2016 to 2021, assistant athletics director from 2013 to 2016 and as director of compliance from 2010 to 2013.
A nine-year member of the National Association for Athletics Compliance, Mitchell currently is serving a four-year term on the board of directors and previously served on the Education Committee from 2014 to 2019 and the Legislation & Governance Committee from 2013 to 2014. Mitchell presented at the organization’s annual convention in 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2018. Mitchell also serves on the NCAA Eligibility Center Division I Advisory Group and the NCAA Academic and Membership Affairs Advisory Group.
Before coming to Purdue, Mitchell served as an assistant director for compliance at Ohio State University beginning in November of 2007. He oversaw the compliance department's internship program and served as the primary compliance contact for men's basketball, field hockey, women's golf, men's lacrosse, men's and women's swimming & diving, synchronized swimming, men's and women's tennis, and wrestling.
Prior to his stint at Ohio State, Mitchell served as the assistant director for compliance at the University of Southern California. He was responsible for providing interpretations of NCAA and Pac-10 Conference legislation to the athletics department, educating coaches and student-athletes, and monitoring compliance procedures.
Previously, Mitchell worked at the NCAA in Membership Services, initially through an externship and then as an assistant coordinator.
A native of Carmel, Indiana, Mitchell earned his bachelor's degree from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University-Bloomington in 2000. He then worked in the financial services industry as a sales manager, client services representative and broker/dealer document specialist. Mitchell received his juris doctorate from Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis in 2006.
Tom and his wife, Betsy, have three sons: Will, Jack, and Henry.
