Colleen Mullen

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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/north/2015/12/18/catching-with-colleen-mullen-chelmsford-high-new-hampshire-women-basketball/SeAnFQ2IUjSB5xrlWOLRaJ/story.html|title=Catching Up With ... Colleen Mullen, Chelmsford High/New Hampshire women's basketball - The Boston Globe|work=BostonGlobe.com|access-date=2018-05-30}}

Mullen enrolled at the University of Rhode Island, where she played point guard and started all 27 games as a freshman. 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.{{Cite news|url=http://www.gorhody.com/sports/w-baskbl/archive/060800aaa|title=Rhode Island|access-date=2018-05-30|language=en}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://unhwildcats.com/sports/2015/4/21/GEN_2014010121.aspx|title=Women's Basketball Individual Career Records|website=University of New Hampshire|language=en|access-date=2018-05-30}} She earned a place on the America East honor roll in both her junior and senior years.{{Cite web|url=http://unhwildcats.com/sports/2015/4/21/GEN_20140101150.aspx|title=Women's Basketball Honors and Awards|website=University of New Hampshire|language=en|access-date=2018-05-30}} Mullen was named captain of the team both year at UNH. While at New Hampshire, she earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration.{{Cite web|url=http://liuathletics.com/coaches.aspx?rc=154&path=wbball|title=LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds - 2009-10 Women's Basketball Coaching Staff|website=liuathletics.com|language=en|access-date=2018-05-30}}

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."

Her first coaching position was at Northern Illinois, where she worked as the director of basketball operations for the 2004–05 season.{{Cite web |url=http://niuhuskies.com/news/2004/7/22/_Colleen_Mullen_Joins_The_Northern_Illinois_Women_amp_146_s_Basketball_Staff_As_Director_of_Operations.aspx|title=Colleen Mullen Joins the Northern Illinois Women's Basketball Staff as Director of Operations - Northern Illinois University|website=NIU Athletics|language=en|access-date=2018-05-30}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/14/albany-tabs-colleen-mullen-as-head-womens-basketba/|title=Albany tabs Colleen Mullen as head women's basketball coach |agency=Associated Press|work=The Washington Times|access-date=2018-05-30|language=en-US}} In 2005, she was hired as an assistant basketball coach at Southern New Hampshire University.{{Cite web |url=http://www.northeast10.org/sports/wbkb/wbkb/2005082205snhunamesasst |title=Mullen and Lawrence Join Southern New Hampshire Women's Basketball Coaching Staff|website=Northeast 10|language=en|access-date=2018-05-30}} She remained there for two seasons. While at SNHU, she completed her master's in business administration.

Mullen then spent a year as an assistant at Lehigh.{{Cite web |url=http://www.lehighsports.com/news/2009/12/30/WBB_9271.aspx?path=wbball|title=Mountain Hawks add Mullen to coaching staff|website=Lehigh University|language=en|access-date=2018-05-30}} After Lehigh, she served as an assistant for two seasons at Long Island University.{{Cite web|url=http://liuathletics.com/coaches.aspx?rc=154&path=wbball|title=LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds - 2009-10 Women's Basketball Coaching Staff|website=liuathletics.com|language=en|access-date=2018-05-30}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://goarmywestpoint.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/colleen-mullen/284|title=Colleen Mullen|website=goarmywestpoint.com|publisher=U.S. Military Academy|language=en|access-date=October 27, 2020}}

In 2018, Mullen was named the new head coach of the Albany women's basketball team.{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaw/2018/05/14/albany-tabs-colleen-mullen-as-head-womens-basketball-coach/34911563/|title=Albany tabs Colleen Mullen as head women's basketball coach|work=USA TODAY|access-date=2018-05-30|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/UAlbany-names-Colleen-Mullen-head-women-s-12913595.php|title=UAlbany names Colleen Mullen head women's basketball coach|work=Times Union|access-date=2018-05-30}}

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| overall = 13–18

| conference = 9–7

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| season = 2019–20

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| overall = 9–21

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| season = 2020–21

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| overall = 7–11

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| championship = conference tournament

| season = 2021–22

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| overall = 23–10

| conference = 13–5

| confstanding = T–3rd

| postseason = NCAA First round

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| championship = conference

| season = 2022–23

| name = Albany

| overall = 22–12

| conference = 12–2

| confstanding = T–1st

| postseason = WNIT First round

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| championship =

| season = 2023–24

| name = Albany

| overall = 25–7

| conference = 13–3

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = WNIT First round

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| championship = conference

| season = 2024–25

| name = Albany

| overall = 26–7

| conference = 14–2

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = WBIT First Round

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| overall = {{Winning percentage|125|86|record=y}}

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| style="text-align:left;" | 1998–99

| style="text-align:left;" | Rhode Island

|27||-||-||32.6||30.0||73.2||7.8||3.7||1.1||0.0||-|| 8.5

|-

| style="text-align:left;" | 1999–2000

| style="text-align:left;" | Rhode Island

|17||-||-||29.2||24.4||86.2||0.9||3.0||1.1||0.1 ||-||9.5

|-

| style="text-align:left;" | 2000–01

| style="text-align:left;" | New Hampshire

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="12" |Sat out due to NCAA Transfer Rules

|-

| style="text-align:left;" | 2001–02

| style="text-align:left;" | New Hampshire

|29||-||-||32.3||34.0||75.0||2.0||2.9||1.0||0.0||-||5.6

|-

| style="text-align:left;" | 2002–03

| style="text-align:left;" | New Hampshire

|29||-||35.2||32.6||31.8||75.0||2.2||4.6||0.8||0.0||3.7||7.8

|-

| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | Career

|102||-||35.2||31.8||31.0||78.2||3.4||3.6||1.0||0.0||3.7||7.6

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|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/Colleen-Mullen-1.html|title=Colleen Mullen College Stats|publisher=Sports-Reference|accessdate=July 7, 2024}}

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• [https://ualbanysports.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/colleen-mullen/1740 Official biography, Albany Great Danes]

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