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Jeff Mullins (basketball)

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Jeff Mullins
Mullins (right) guarding Jerry West in 1971
Personal information
Born (1942-03-18) March 18, 1942 (age 82)
Queens, New York, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High schoolLafayette (Lexington, Kentucky)
CollegeDuke (1961–1964)
NBA draft1964: 1st round, 5th overall pick
Selected by the St. Louis Hawks
Playing career1964–1976
PositionShooting guard
Number44, 23
Coaching career1985–1996
Career history
As player:
1964–1966St. Louis Hawks
1966–1976San Francisco / Golden State Warriors
As coach:
1985–1996Charlotte 49ers
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As coach:

Career statistics
Points13,017 (16.2 ppg)
Rebounds3,427 (4.3 rpg)
Assists3,023 (3.8 apg)
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Team competition

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.

Playing career

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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]

St. Louis Hawks took Mullins 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

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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).

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
 †  Won an NBA championship  *  Led the league

NBA

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Source[2]

Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1964–65 St. Louis 44 11.2 .416 .672 2.3 1.0 4.9
1965–66 St. Louis 44 13.3 .382 .806 1.6 1.5 5.8
1966–67 San Francisco 77 23.8 .458 .701 5.0 2.9 12.9
1967–68 San Francisco 79 35.5 .439 .794 5.7 4.4 18.9
1968–69 San Francisco 78 37.4 .459 .843 5.9 4.3 22.8
1969–70 San Francisco 74 38.7 .460 .847 5.2 4.9 22.1
1970–71 San Francisco 75 38.8 .482 .844 4.5 4.4 20.8
1971–72 Golden State 80 40.2 .467 .794 5.6 5.9 21.5
1972–73 Golden State 81 37.1 .493 .831 4.5 4.2 17.8
1973–74 Golden State 77 32.4 .473 .875 3.6 4.0 .9 .3 16.2
1974–75† Golden State 66 17.3 .455 .816 1.9 2.3 .9 .2 8.2
1975–76 Golden State 29 10.7 .483 .793 1.1 1.3 .5 .0 4.8
Career 804 30.6 .463 .814 4.3 3.8 .8 .2 16.2
All-Star 3 0 14.0 .550 – 1.7 2.0 7.3

Playoffs

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Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1965 St. Louis 2 5.5 .500 – 3.0 .5 4.0
1966 St. Louis 4 3.3 .111 .500 1.0 .0 .8
1967 San Francisco 15* 33.2 .450 .797 6.1 3.9 17.7
1968 San Francisco 10 39.0 .521 .721 4.4 4.9 25.1
1969 San Francisco 6 30.0 .406 .727 3.0 3.8 14.3
1971 San Francisco 5 41.0 .353 .880 6.4 4.8 16.4
1972 Golden State 5 40.6 .431 .923 4.8 5.8 14.8
1973 Golden State 11 37.2 .429 .724 4.2 3.9 15.0
1975† Golden State 17* 18.4 .488 .581 2.1 1.7 .6 .1 8.1
1976 Golden State 8 4.1 .375 – .5 .4 .3 .1 1.5
Career 83 27.2 .449 .751 3.7 3.1 .5 .1 13.1

Head coaching record

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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

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jeff Mullins Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  2. ^ "Jeff Mullins NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
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