Mistretta begins his second year as recruiting coordinator and assistant coach on the Southeastern staff.
From 2011-2014, Mistretta served as the athletic director and head track and field coach at Bishop Sullivan Catholic School in Virginia Beach, Virginia. During his time at BSCHS, he led the men’s track and field team to a Virginia Catholic Outdoor Track and Field State Championship in 2013, the first in school history. He was named the TCIS Conference Track & Field Coach of the Year in both 2013 and 2014.
Mistretta was the head coach of the men’s track and field team, as well as the receivers coach for the football squad at St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Hammond from 2009-2011. In 2010, he helped coach the women’s squad to both indoor and outdoor state championships.
For six years, Mistretta worked at Redemptorist High School in Baton Rouge. He served as the head track and field coach as well as the football receivers coach, where he was named the LSWA Track & Field Coach of the Year in 2007 and All-Metro Track and Field Coach of the Year twice in a row (2006 ane 2007). He led his Redemptorist men’s team to a State title in 2006, the first in school history, followed by state titles again in 2007 and 2009.
Mistretta has returned to Southeastern after serving as the student assistant coach of the track and field team from 1990-1991. He was also a member of the Lion track and field team from 1984-1987.
Mistretta holds a Bachelors of Business Administration from Mercer University (2002) and a Master’s of Art in Coaching and Athletic Administration from Concordia University Irvine (2015).
