Colleen Mullen

Colleen Mullen
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamAlbany
ConferenceAmerica East
Record99–79 (.556)
Biographical details
Born (1980-06-19) June 19, 1980 (age 44)
Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Playing career
1998–2000Rhode Island
2001–2003New Hampshire
Position(s)Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2005–2007Southern New Hampshire (asst.)
2007–2008Lehigh (asst.)
2008–2010LIU (asst.)
2011–2012Army (asst.)
2012–2018Army (assoc. HC)
2018–presentAlbany
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2004–2005Northern Illinois (director of basketball operations)
Head coaching record
Overall99–79 (.556)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
As head coach:

As assistant coach:

Colleen Margaret Mullen (born June 19, 1980)[1] is an American college basketball coach and former player. She is the head coach of the Albany women's basketball team.

High school

Mullen played basketball and volleyball at Chelmsford High School in North Chelmsford, Massachusetts. She earned a letter in each of her four years as a basketball player. In her sophomore year she was named captain of the team and remained as captain through her junior and senior years. She earned MVP honors for her team in each of her last three years, and as a senior earned honorable mention All–USA Today honors. As a volleyball player, she lettered three times and help the team to the Division I North championship in her junior and senior years. As a volleyball player, she earned Globe All-Scholastic honors, and captained each of her three seasons.[2]

College

Mullen enrolled at the University of Rhode Island, where she played point guard and started all 27 games as a freshman.[1] In her sophomore year, she averaged 9.5 points per game, second best on the team, and hit 86% of her free throws, best on the team.[3]

After her sophomore year she transferred to the University of New Hampshire, where she sat out for one year due to transfer rules. She is in the school's top 20 for three-point field goals made and assists over her career despite only being at the school for two years.[4] She earned a place on the America East honor roll in both her junior and senior years.[5] Mullen was named captain of the team both year at UNH.[2] While at New Hampshire, she earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration.[6]

Coaching

Even while playing in high school, Mullen knew she wanted a career as a basketball coach. She said, "Even as a young player, in my freshman year, I felt like I was trying to be a coach on the floor...That was my dream, what I wanted to do."[2]

Her first coaching position was at Northern Illinois, where she worked as the director of basketball operations for the 2004–05 season.[7][8] In 2005, she was hired as an assistant basketball coach at Southern New Hampshire University.[9] She remained there for two seasons.[8] While at SNHU, she completed her master's in business administration.[2]

Mullen then spent a year as an assistant at Lehigh.[10] After Lehigh, she served as an assistant for two seasons at Long Island University.[11]

Mullen then went on to Army, where she remained for seven years. She was hired as an assistant coach in 2011, but was named associate head coach the following year. She primarily worked with the guards, including Kelsey Minato, who was the first player in Patriot League history to earn awards for both player and rookie of the year in the same year. Minato also earned All-America honorable mention by the AP and the WBCA as well as ESPN W mid-major player of the year.[12]

In 2018, Mullen was named the new head coach of the Albany women's basketball team.[13][14]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Albany Great Danes (America East Conference) (2018–present)
2018–19 Albany 13–18 9–7 4th
2019–20 Albany 9–21 5–11 8th
2020–21 Albany 7–11 5–7 4th
2021–22 Albany 23–10 13–5 T–3rd NCAA First round
2022–23 Albany 22–12 12–2 T–1st WNIT First round
2023–24 Albany 25–7 13–3 2nd WNIT First round
Albany: 99–79 (.556) 57–38 (.600)
Total: 99–79 (.556)

      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

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1998–99 Rhode Island 27 - - 32.6 30.0 73.2 7.8 3.7 1.1 0.0 - 8.5
1999–00 Rhode Island 17 - - 29.2 24.4 86.2 0.9 3.0 1.1 0.1 - 9.5
2000–01 New Hampshire Sat out due to NCAA Transfer Rules
2001–02 New Hampshire 29 - - 32.3 34.0 75.0 2.0 2.9 1.0 0.0 - 5.6
2002–03 New Hampshire 29 - 35.2 32.6 31.8 75.0 2.2 4.6 0.8 0.0 3.7 7.8
Career 102 - 35.2 31.8 31.0 78.2 3.4 3.6 1.0 0.0 3.7 7.6
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b "Rhode Island". Rhode Island. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  2. ^ a b c d "Catching Up With ... Colleen Mullen, Chelmsford High/New Hampshire women's basketball - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  3. ^ "Rhode Island". Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  4. ^ "Women's Basketball Individual Career Records". University of New Hampshire. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  5. ^ "Women's Basketball Honors and Awards". University of New Hampshire. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  6. ^ "LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds - 2009-10 Women's Basketball Coaching Staff". liuathletics.com. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  7. ^ "Colleen Mullen Joins the Northern Illinois Women's Basketball Staff as Director of Operations - Northern Illinois University". NIU Athletics. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  8. ^ a b "Albany tabs Colleen Mullen as head women's basketball coach". The Washington Times. Associated Press. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  9. ^ "Mullen and Lawrence Join Southern New Hampshire Women's Basketball Coaching Staff". Northeast 10. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  10. ^ "Mountain Hawks add Mullen to coaching staff". Lehigh University. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  11. ^ "LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds - 2009-10 Women's Basketball Coaching Staff". liuathletics.com. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  12. ^ "Colleen Mullen". goarmywestpoint.com. U.S. Military Academy. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  13. ^ "Albany tabs Colleen Mullen as head women's basketball coach". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  14. ^ "UAlbany names Colleen Mullen head women's basketball coach". Times Union. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  15. ^ "Colleen Mullen College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved July 7, 2024.