After retiring from competition, he began work as a coach and choreographer in Boston with his husband, Peter Johansson.
He won the bronze medal at the 1990 United States Figure Skating Championships, but was not named to the World team, despite the U.S. having three spots to that competition.
Mitchell finished 4th at the 1991 United States Figure Skating Championships, again just missing a spot on the World team.
At Worlds, he received a perfect score of 6.0 for presentation in his short program,[3] and was in 2nd place after this portion of the competition behind Kurt Browning.
Mitchell currently works as a coach with former Swedish national champion Peter Johansson at the Skating Club of Boston.