Navy's physical training program. The following year, he assisted Lieutenant Colonel Bernie Bierman, the athletic director and football coach at the Iowa Preflight School. During the 1943 season, he served as the Iowa Pre-Flight backfield coach. By December 1944, Mullins had attained the rank of lieutenant commander and was Iowa Pre-Flight athletic director. In August 1945, he was made a staff officer of the Naval Air Intermediate Training Command in Corpus Christi, Texas. While there, Mullins coached the Naval Air Station football team. On November 5, 1945, Santa Clara University appointed him as its head coach of its football program, which had been temporarily suspended during the war. However, Mullins tendered his resignation on May 7, 1946, after his abortive five-month search for a residence for his wife and six children in the midst of housing shortage. Mullins returned to Corpus Christi to enter the sporting goods business, but soon reentered the coaching ranks. In 1947, he returned to St. Ambrose, where he served for four more seasons. Mullins led the Bees to another undefeated finish in 1949 with an 8–0 record, and was named the "Little All-American Coach of the Year". In 1950, St. Ambrose finished 12–1. The grueling 13-game schedule culminated in a victory over Loras to capture the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship. Mullins' career total at the school was 40–7–1. Administrative career and later life In February 1951, Kansas State University appointed Mullins as its athletic director with a $9,000 salary. In 1956, Mullins took the same position at Marquette University with a substantial pay raise. The university, which discontinued football and track in 1960, dismissed Mullins on January 31, 1962. Mullins died of cancer in Chicago on August 10, 1968, at the age of 60. His body was interred in South Bend, Indiana. See also List of college football head coaches with non-consecutive tenure Head coaching record References External links 1908 births 1968 deaths American football fullbacks Basketball coaches from California Benedictine Ravens athletic directors Benedictine Ravens football coaches Benedictine Ravens men's basketball coaches Corpus Christi Naval Air Station Comets football coaches Florida Gators football coaches Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks football coaches Kansas Jayhawks football coaches Kansas State Wildcats athletic directors Loyola Wolf Pack football coaches Marquette Golden Eagles athletic directors Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players Santa Clara Broncos football coaches Sportspeople from Los Angeles County, California St. Ambrose Fighting Bees football coaches People from