ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Mark Mullin, who served as Director of Athletics and head swimming coach at Missouri S&T for 35 years, was named Wednesday as one of the inductees into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in its 2023 induction class.

Mullin will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on Sunday, Nov. 19 at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel in St. Louis.  He will be part of an induction class that includes numerous noteworthy sports figures in the St. Louis area, including St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright, standout auto racer Kenny Wallace, retired St. Louis Blues defenseman Barret Jackman and media personality Bernie Miklasz.

Mullin became the university's Director of Athletics in the spring of 1992, but had been at Missouri S&T since 1985 when he was named as the head coach for the swimming and diving program.  After moving into the athletic director post, Mullin spent six years in a dual role as athletic director and swimming coach before moving into the administrative position on a full-time basis in 1998. 

During his tenure, the Miner program enjoyed a great deal of success both on and off the field.  Missouri S&T teams captured 14 conference championships, 10 additional regular season or divisional titles and had teams reach NCAA Division II championship competition on 71 occasions over those 28 years.  From 2010-20, 11 of Missouri S&T programs competed at the NCAA Division II Championships.

In the 28 seasons in which Mullin led the department, Missouri S&T had 193 individuals earn All-America honors as well as 97 relay teams win those honors in the sports of swimming and track & field.  A total of 330 student-athletes earned all-conference laurels from the Great Lakes Valley Conference from the time S&T became a member in 2005 until his retirement in 2020.

Academically, the Miner program consistently had some of the highest number of student-athletes earn GLVC all-academic awards, including a then-school record 188 following the 2018-19 season and 11 teams that landed the conference's team academic award in 2019.  Missouri S&T's athletic program also had 101 Academic All-America awards during his tenure and has been ranked it among the top 10 institutions currently competing in NCAA Division II.

Under Mullin's direction, S&T served as the host institution for the NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Championships as well as the NCAA South Central men's regional basketball tournament, Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association men's basketball finals, the GLVC women's basketball and men's soccer tournaments, the MIAA cross country championships and GLVC cross country and track & field championships. He led the process that allowed S&T to move its conference affiliation to the GLVC beginning in the fall of 2005.

Mullin also led a number of significant facility projects, including a major renovation of Gibson Arena in the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building.  The facility had a new playing floor installed as well as a new sound system and upgraded basketball locker rooms.  Previously, the arena upgrades included new chair back and bleacher seating, upgraded scoreboards and a new lighting system.

Other facility projects that took place under his direction include the installation of artificial turf at Allgood-Bailey Stadium; a new artificial turf intramural field complex; new scoreboards for all of the university's athletic facilities; varsity weight and fitness rooms and the S&T Fitness Center; a new indoor practice facility and new sports medicine center.

Prior to that, other facility upgrades or additions included the construction of the Student Recreation Center; renovation of Allgood-Bailey Stadium to include a new all-weather track, lights, concession and restroom facility as well as upgraded seating areas, the building of a new soccer complex and seating upgrades at the university's baseball and softball facilities.

Mullin served as swimming and diving coach for 12 years and led the Miners to a 96-27 dual meet record and seven regional championships. His final team finished third at the 1998 NCAA Division II Championships, the highest finish ever for a Miner athletic team at an NCAA championship event at the time.
 
He served two terms as the chair of the NCAA Division II men's and women's swimming and diving committee and also served multiple terms on the men's basketball and football regional advisory committees for the region. He served a two-year term as the president of the MIAA after spending the two prior years as the conference's vice president before to S&T's move to the GLVC. He also served on various GLVC committees, including the GLVC Executive Committee and Budget and Finance Committee.