Joe Mullaney
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 17, 1925 Long Island, New York |
| Died | March 8, 2000 (aged 74) Providence, Rhode Island |
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Listed weight | 165 lb (75 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Chaminade (Mineola, New York) |
| College | Holy Cross (1945–1949) |
| NBA draft | 1949 / Round: 3 |
| Selected by the Boston Celtics | |
| Playing career | 1949–1950 |
| Position | Guard |
| Number | 17 |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1949–1950 | Boston Celtics |
| As coach: | |
| 1955–1969 | Providence |
| 1969–1971 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1971–1973 | Kentucky Colonels |
| 1973–1974 | Utah Stars |
| 1974–1975 | Memphis Sounds |
| 1975–1976 | Spirits of St. Louis |
| 1976–1977 | Buffalo Braves |
| 1978–1981 | Brown |
| 1981–1985 | Providence |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Points | 30 |
| Rebounds | None recorded |
| Assists | 52 |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Joseph A. Mullaney (November 17, 1925 – March 8, 2000) was a successful American basketball player and coach.
Mullaney was born on Long Island, New York. After graduating from Chaminade High School in Mineola he played college basketball at Holy Cross and with Bob Cousy was on the team that won the 1947 NCAA Championship. He played briefly for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association.
After college, Mullaney was with the FBI before returning to basketball as coach at Norwich University in Vermont.
Mullaney became head basketball coach at Providence College in 1955. He coached the Friars from that time until 1969. He returned to Providence as head coach in 1981 and remained there until 1985. Mullaney won 319 games in his 18 seasons at Providence, losing 164 for a career winning percentage there of .660. Mullaney won the 1961 and 1963 National Invitation Tournament championships at Providence. Mullaney also took the Friars to the NIT four other times and into the NCAA tournament three times. His assistant and protégé at Providence, Dave Gavitt, went on to be a successful coach of the Friars in his own right, taking them to the 1973 Final Four and eventually providing the catalyst to the founding of the Big East Conference.
Mullaney left Providence in 1969 to coach the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association, succeeding Butch van Breda Kolff who took the Lakers to the NBA Finals that year, losing 4 games to 3 to the Boston Celtics.
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