Chris Mullin won the Wooden Award as a senior at St. John’s, averaging almost 20 points and five rebounds and more than four assists a game while helping the Redmen to the Final Four.
The Golden State Warriors selected the swingman seventh overall in the 1985 NBA Draft.
After some early troubles with alcoholism, Mullin developed into a five-time All-Star and a four-time All-NBA selection for the Warriors and led the league in minutes per game in 1990-91 and 1991-92.
He was fourth in scoring in 1991-92 and fifth in both 1988-89 and 1992-93, finished second in three-point shooting in 1992-93, fifth in field-goal percentage in 1996-97 and second in free-throw shooting in 1985-86 while placing fifth in 1988-89.
In August 1997, he was traded to the Indiana Pacers in exchange for Erick Dampier and Duane Ferrell.
Mullin returned to the Warriors as a free agent in September 2000, retiring at the end of the 2000-01 season.
In 13 seasons in Golden State, Mullin averaged 20.1 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.7 steals in 35 minutes per game, shooting .513/.366/.862.
Mullin was general manager of the Warriors from 2004-09 and was hired as head coach at St. John’s in March 2015, where he is 8-24 through one season.
Inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011, he is 38th in NBA history with 1,530 steals and 30th with a free-throw percentage of .866.
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