Mitchell Littleton enters his third year with the Northwest Nazarene women's soccer staff as an assistant coach in the fall of 2025.
Littleton serves the Nighthawks as goalkeeper coach after having coached a number of years at the club level.
In his first year in 2023, he coached NNU's keeper to a program record for shutouts in a single season (9) and an Honorable Mention All-GNAC honor. That season, the Nighthawks registered an impressive 0.78 goals against average and 0.816 save percentage to go with the nine shutouts.
He is a Certified Interscholastic Coach through NFHS and holds a U.S. Soccer National C Coaching License and an Advanced National GK Coach Diploma. He has also officiated soccer for nearly 20 years including at the collegiate and semi-professional level, and played collegiately for two years but was forced into early retirement due to recurring knee injuries.
For the last 14 years, Littleton has served in the United States Army and National Guard in a variety of roles including as a combat medic and intelligence analyst, as well as becoming trained as a Master Resilience Trainer and Fitness Trainer. In addition, he has deployed several times in support of special operations.
Littleton received his B.A. in Public Administration at George Mason University, Masters in Public Administration from Liberty University, and a Master of Arts in Biblical Exposition. He recently became a district licensed minister and is also a full-time pastor at Karcher Church of the Nazarene here in Nampa, where he serves as the Pastor of Ministry Administration.
