Meeuwsen played football, basketball and baseball while growing up and spent the summers camping and traveling for sports with his family.
After returning from the NFL Europe season Meeuwsen rejoined the Chargers through training camp and was released during final roster cuts after the pre-season.
His breakthrough in a points race came in the 2009 season finale for the PHRA at Willamette Speedway in Lebanon, Oregon as he passed longtime successful dwarf car racer Kelly Gutches in the closing laps to win on October 3.
Meeuwsen also briefly attended graduate school at Pacific University in Forest Grove before taking a job at UPS.
Meeuwsen worked as a driver at UPS for 3 years before becoming a graduate assistant football coach at Oregon State.
Meeuwsen accepted a position in January 2011 at his college Alma mater, Oregon State University, as a graduate assistant coach for the football team he was an All-Pac 10 player for.
"Mitch Meeuwsen, who worked with the safeties, assisting secondary coach Rod Perry, moved to San Diego and is pursuing a career outside of football" [1]