Mitch Donahue (born February 4, 1968) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football as a defensive lineman for the Wyoming Cowboys and was a two-time Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Defensive Player of the Year. He later spent four seasons in the NFL. He was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the fourth round of the 1991 NFL draft. He was born in Los Angeles, and graduated in 1986 from Billings West High School in Billings, Montana.