Jeff Mullins

Teams coached: Charlotte 49ers
Charlotte record: 183-141 (.565)
Overall record: 183-141 (.565)

1985-1996

Jeffrey Vincent Mullins, Jr.
Born March 18, 1942
Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky
Alma Mater: Duke University (BA, 1964)
Was Kentucky Mr. Basketball in 1960 while playing at Lafayette HS (KY), Mullins played at Duke under head coach Vic Bubas
- Earned All-ACC first team honors three times and was named the ACC POY and ACC Athlete of the Year in 1964
- Had his number #44 returned by Duke in 1994
- Played for Team USA during the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, winning a gold medal in the competition
Drafted 5th overall in the 1964 NBA Draft by the St. Louis Hawks
- Played 12 seasons in the NBA, the first two in St. Louis and the remaining ten with San Francisco/Golden State Warriors
- Earned NBA All-Star honors three times and won the 1975 NBA title with the Warriors
Got into coaching 1985, when he was hired to be the head men’s basketball coach and athletic director at UNC Charlotte
- Won 183 games in eleven seasons as the 49ers head coach, going to the postseason five times (3 NCAA, 2 NIT)
- Retired in 1996 after the program’s first season in Conference USA
Mullins nows works in real estate investing and property management and served as the the president of the board of directors of the Legends of Basketball
- Along with his wife, Candy, splits time between Charlotte and Vero Beach, Florida