Ualbany hires Colleen Mullen to be head coach of the women’s basketball team.
ALBANY — Colleen Mullen has been named women’s basketball coach at the University at Albany.
The school announced the hiring on Monday and Mullen will be introduced Tuesday afternoon in a news conference at SEFCU Arena on campus. She joins the Great Danes from Army, where she spent seven seasons, the last six as associate head coach under Dave Magarity.
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