Laurence A. "Moon" Mullins (June 13, 1908 – August 10, 1968) was an American college football player, coach and athletic director. He played fullback under Knute Rockne at the University of Notre Dame. He served as the head coach at St. Benedict's College from 1932 to 1936, Loyola University of New Orleans from 1937 to 1939, and St. Ambrose University in 1940 and 1947 to 1950. Mullins was the athletic director at Kansas State University and Marquette University. Early life Mullins was born in South Pasadena, California on June 13, 1908. He attended the University of Notre Dame, where he played on the football team under head coach Knute Rockne as a fullback from 1928 to 1930. The 1929 and 1930 teams won consecutive national championships, and those teams finished with perfect untied and undefeated records. He graduated from the school with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1931. Mullins was one of 6 team members to carry Knute Rocknes' casket to the grave .(Ref Find Grave.com) Coaching career After college, Mullins began his coaching career at the University of Kansas. His first position was as the backfield assistant under head coach Homer Woodson Hargiss in 1931 for a salary of $4,000. The following season, he became head football coach and athletic director at St. Benedict's, a small college in Atchison, Kansas with 600 students at the time, for a salary of about $3,500. While there, he led his teams to a 38–5–1 record. Kansas accounted for two of the five losses. His final season there in 1936, St. Benedict's finished undefeated and untied. In January 1937, the Loyola University of New Orleans hired Mullins as its head coach. During his three-year tenure, he compiled an 11–16–1 record at Loyola. The Wolves finished the 1939 season with a 5–5 mark, which was sufficient to capture the Dixie Conference championship. In December 1939, he announced that he would not seek renewal of his expiring contract. Two weeks later, the school discontinued its football program. In 1940, he became head coach at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, where he led the football team to an undefeated season. After American entry into World War II, Mullins entered the United States Navy Reserve. He was sworn in as a lieutenant senior grade in Jacksonville, Florida on March 23, 1942, and then attended a month-long course in Annapolis, Maryland prior to service in the