Mitch Ballock - Men's Basketball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Phone:
- (402) 280-1795
 Mitch Ballock is entering his second season as an assistant coach and fourth overall on the Bluejay bench after serving two years as a graduate assistant coach (2023-25).
Creighton has gone a combined 66-39 during the past three seasons with Ballock on staff. The Bluejays own four top five victories in that time, including victories against both No. 1 Connecticut (2023-24) as well as No. 1 Kansas (2024-25) among its eight Top 25 victories.
The Bluejays have advanced to the NCAA Tournament in two of those seasons, reaching the Sweet 16 in 2023-24 and the Second Round of the Big Dance in 2024-25. Last year’s club played into April, reaching the semifinals of the College Basketball Crown.
A gym rat blessed with a brilliant basketball mind, Ballock works closely with Creighton’s guards. He also owns in-depth first-hand knowledge of head coach Alan Huss’ offensive and defensive systems from his time as a Bluejay student-athlete.
Among the players he has helped mentor are NBA guards Baylor Scheierman and Trey Alexander, in addition to NBA Summer League participants Josh Dix, Steven Ashworth and Jamiya Neal.
A native of Eudora, Kan., Ballock played at Creighton from 2017-21, during which time the Bluejays won 87-of-130 games.
The left-handed sharpshooter was a three-time BIG EAST Freshman of the Week in 2017-18, when he made the BIG EAST All-Freshman Team. He was a Preseason Second Team All-BIG EAST choice in 2020-21, when he was on the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Watch List, and ended his senior campaign by winning the BIG EAST’s Sportsmanship Award.Â
Ballock started every game and averaged 11.9 points and 5.3 rebounds in 2019-20 when Creighton won its first BIG EAST regular-season title and finished the campaign ranked seventh nationally.
Ballock averaged 9.9 points per game as a senior on Creighton’s first team to reach the Sweet 16 since 1974.
All told, Ballock scored 1,304 points and made 308 three-pointers with Creighton. He started the final 102 games of his Bluejay career.Â
He played professionally for the G-League’s Cleveland Charge, then in Germany for Mitteldeutscher BC, before returning to the US to begin his coaching career.
He and his wife, Bailey, reside in Omaha.
The Mitch Ballock File
Personal
  •  Wife - Bailey
Collegiate Coaching Experience
  •  Creighton - Assistant Coach, 2025-Present
  •  Creighton - Graduate Assistant, 2023-25
Professional Playing Experience
  •  Mitteldeutscher BC (Germany) - 2022-23
  •  Cleveland Charge - 2021-22
Collegiate Playing Experience
  •  Creighton - Guard, 2017-21
College Education
  •  Creighton - B.S. B.A. Management, 2021
