Jeff Mullins (basketball)

Jeffrey Vincent Mullins (born March 18, 1942) is an American retired basketball player and coach. He played college basketball with the Duke Blue Devils and in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the St. Louis Hawks and Golden State Warriors. Mullins served as the head basketball coach at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte from 1985 to 1996.

Jeff Mullins

Mullins (right) guarding Jerry West in 1971
Personal information
Born	(1942-03-18) March 18, 1942 (age 81) Queens, New York, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school	Lafayette (Lexington, Kentucky)
College	Duke (1961–1964)
NBA draft	1964 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5th overall
Selected by the St. Louis Hawks
Playing career	1964–1976
Position	Shooting guard
Number	44, 23
Coaching career	1985–1996
Career history
As player:
1964–1966	St. Louis Hawks
1966–1976	San Francisco / Golden State Warriors
As coach:
1985–1996	Charlotte 49ers
Career highlights and awards
As player: NBA champion (1975) 3× NBA All-Star (1969–1971) Consensus second-team All-American (1964) ACC Player of the Year (1964) ACC Athlete of the Year (1964) 3× First-team All-ACC (1962–1964) No. 44 retired by Duke Blue Devils First-team Parade All-American (1960) Kentucky Mr. Basketball (1960) As coach: Sun Belt regular season champion (1988) Sun Belt tournament champion (1988) Metro Conference regular season champion (1995) Metro Conference tournament champion (1992) Sun Belt Coach of the Year (1988)
Career statistics
Points	13,017 (16.2 ppg)
Rebounds	3,427 (4.3 rpg)
Assists	3,023 (3.8 apg)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Men's basketball Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Team competition

Playing career

Mullins, a native of Lexington, Kentucky, was a very talented 6'4" (1.93 m) forward in high school. After graduation, he attended Duke University from 1960 through 1964, where he averaged 21.9 points per game for his career. His no. 44 Duke jersey was retired in 1994. In 2002, Mullins was named to the ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team as one of the 50 greatest players in Atlantic Coast Conference history.

Mullins was a member of the United States Olympic basketball team that won the gold at the 1964 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Mullins was taken by the St. Louis Hawks in the first round (5th pick overall) of the 1964 NBA draft. After two lackluster seasons with the Hawks he moved to the Golden State Warriors where he enjoyed the best seasons of his career and was selected as an NBA All-Star three times – in 1969, 1970, and 1971. He helped the Warriors to the 1967 Western Conference title and the 1975 NBA championship. Upon his retirement in 1976 he had amassed a total of 13,017 points for a twelve-year career average of 16.2 points per game.

Coaching career

In 1985, Mullins was hired as the head men's basketball coach and athletic director at UNC Charlotte. The program had struggled since making the NCAA Final Four in 1977, and in three years Mullins took the 49ers back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since their 1977 run. His 182 victories over eleven seasons stood as a school record until Bobby Lutz, Mullins' former assistant coach, surpassed that total in 2008.

During Mullins' tenure, the 49ers played in three conferences: the Sun Belt (1985–1991), the Metro Conference (1991–1995), and Conference USA (1995–1996).

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Charlotte 49ers (Sun Belt Conference) (1985–1991)
1985–86	Charlotte	8–20	1–13	8th
1986–87	Charlotte	18–14	6–8	T–6th
1987–88	Charlotte	22–9	11–3	1st	NCAA Division I First Round
1988–89	Charlotte	17–12	10–4	2nd	NIT First Round
1989–90	Charlotte	16–14	6–8	5th
1990–91	Charlotte	14–14	6–8	6th
Charlotte 49ers (Metro Conference) (1991–1995)
1991–92	Charlotte	23–9	7–5	2nd	NCAA Division I First Round
1992–93	Charlotte	15–13	6–6	T–4th
1993–94	Charlotte	16–13	7–5	T–2nd	NIT First Round
1994–95	Charlotte	19–9	8–4	1st	NCAA Division I First Round
Charlotte 49ers (Conference USA) (1995–1996)
1995–96	Charlotte	14–15	6–8	3rd (White)
Charlotte:		182–142	74–72
Total:		182–142
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved June 23, 2018.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from NBA.com   and Basketball-Reference.com  
• Jeff Mullins' statistics at Duke