Bio

Recruiting Areas: Central North Dakota, Arizona, West Central Minnesota

Brian Mistro enters his fifth season as head coach of the Jimmies in 2023.

In 2022, Jamestown finished 4-7 overall and 3-7 in the GPAC, the highest win totals for the team since joining the conference in 2018. Punter Izaak Myles and defensive end Paul Vandal were first-team All-Conference selections, with Myles being named to the Associated Press All-American first team and Vandal chosen to the AFCA-NAIA All-American first team. Wide receiver Javon Bowie-Monteiro was a GPAC second-team selection and quarterback Cade Torgerson, linebacker Jed Rantz, and offensive lineman Kole Mack were honorable mention selections.

Jamestown continued to show improvement in the 2021 season, ending 2-9 overall and 2-8 in the GPAC. Izaak Myles was chosen as the GPAC's first-team all-conference punter, defensive back Jordan Olson was named to the second team, and quarterback Cade Torgerson was selected as honorable mention. 

The 2020 Jimmies finished with a 1-7 record while navigating through the COVID-19 pandemic. Punter Izaak Myles was named a first-team GPAC selection while defensive lineman Vincent Corral was named to the second team, and offensive lineman Carter Hangsleben was an honorable mention selection.

Mistro was named head coach at his alma mater on January 30, 2019. During his first season, Jamestown went 2-9 overall and 2-7 in the GPAC. Izaak Myles was named second-team All-Conference punter, and defensive lineman Vincent Corral was a second-team selection.

Mistro, who played for the Jimmies from 2005 through 2008, returned to UJ after seven years as an assistant at Concordia College in Moorhead, where he served as defensive backs coach, special teams coordinator and co-recruiting coordinator.

During his time with Concordia, the Cobbers posted a combined record of 51-19.

The Gilbert, Arizona native came to Jamestown in 2005 and played his first three seasons for Coach Tom Dosch and his senior season for Coach Bud Etzold. During his four years as a Jimmie student-athlete, Jamestown posted a combined record of 27-15. He was a two-year starter at safety for the Jimmies and served as team captain while earning All-Conference honors his senior year. Mistro was part of Jimmie teams that advanced to the NAIA playoffs in both 2006 and 2007.

After graduation, Mistro joined Dosch's staff at Northern State (S.D.) as a graduate assistant, and joined the staff at Concordia after earning his graduate degree.

Mistro graduated from Jamestown College in 2009 with a degree in Communications with a Media concentration. He earned a Master's of Science from Northern State in Education, Teaching, and Learning with an emphasis in Health, PE, and Coaching in May of 2012.

Brian and his wife Meaghan have three sons, A.J., Nolan, and Jack.