Mike Mullally | |
Birth Date: | 29 April 1939 |
Birth Place: | Pierre, South Dakota, U.S. |
Death Place: | Paris, Illinois, U.S. |
Admin Years1: | 1974–1979 |
Admin Team1: | Eastern Illinois |
Admin Years2: | 1979–1981 |
Admin Team2: | Cal State Fullerton |
Admin Years3: | 1981–1982 |
Admin Team3: | Boise State |
E. Michael Mullally (April 29, 1939 – July 15, 2021)[1] was an American college athletics administrator. He was the athletic director at Eastern Illinois University (1974–1979),[2] California State University, Fullerton (1979–1981), and Boise State University (1981–1982).
At Boise State, Mullally succeeded longtime athletic director Lyle Smith in the summer of 1981.[3] Less than a year later, Mullally resigned in March 1982 following criticism of his proposed ticketing policy for the school's football and basketball games.[4] [5] Assistant athletic director Gene Bleymaier was promoted by university president John Keiser and held the post for more than 29 years.
Mullally owned several Checkers drive-in restaurants in the Kansas City area in the 1990s; by 2001 he had retired to Florida.[6]