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Jeff Mullins (basketball)

Jeff Mullins, American basketball player and coach

Born
March 18, 1942
Age in 2026
84
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Birth year
1942

About Jeff Mullins (basketball)

Jeffrey Vincent Mullins is an American former basketball player and coach. He played college basketball with the Duke Blue Devils and in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the St. Louis Hawks and San Francisco/Golden State Warriors. He was a three-time NBA All-Star. Mullins served as the head basketball coach at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte from 1985 to 1996, being named the Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year in 1988, and taking his team to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament three times. As a college player, he was the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Player of the Year and the ACC's athlete of the year (1963–64) and first-team All-ACC for three consecutive seasons. He was a consensus second-team All-American in 1964. His Duke teams twice reached the Final Four in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, and he was selected to the All-Tournament Team in 1964. He scored 43 points in one NCAA tournament game. Mullins was named first team All-ACC for the third consecutive year.

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Jeff Mullins (basketball) timeline

  1. His Duke teams twice reached the Final Four in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, and he was selected to the All-Tournament Team in 1964.
  2. Mullins served as the head basketball coach at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte from 1985 to 1996, being named the Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year in 1988, and taking his team to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament three times.

The world when Jeff Mullins (basketball) was born

Jeff Mullins (basketball) was born in 1942. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1942

  • #1 song"White Christmas" – Bing Crosby
  • Top movieCasablanca
  • Best-selling bookThe Song of Bernadette – Franz Werfel

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Negro League World Series
  • Top headlineBattle of Midway becomes turning point of WWII in the Pacific
  • Technology milestoneEnrico Fermi achieves first nuclear chain reaction
  • Defining fadRationing and war bonds
  • Notable inventionNapalm
  • World population2.35 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • U.S. population134.9M

1942 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Jeff Mullins (basketball)'s birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19422026
Gas$0.20$3.45/gal
Average home$5,600$435,000
Average income$3,800$67,500
Minimum wage$0.30$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.27$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population134.9M341 million

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