April 27, 2004

Queens, N.Y. - St. John's men's basketball legend Chris Mullin was named Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations for the Golden State Warriors, it was announced this week by Warriors' President Robert Rowell.

For the last two years, Mullin has worked for the Warriors as a special assistant, dealing with day-to-day business operations. In his new role, he will oversee the Warriors' entire basketball operations department.

Mullin enjoyed an outstanding 16-year NBA playing career, 13 of which were spent with the Warriors. Mullin was selected seventh overall by Golden State in the first round of the 1985 NBA Draft. A five-time NBA All-Star, he finished his professional career with 17,911 points, averaging 18.2 points per game and shot 50.9 percent from the field. During the 1988-89 season, Mullin averaged a career-high 26.5 points per game, the first of five consecutive seasons in which he averaged 25 points or more, a feat only accomplished by one another player in team history, Wilt Chamberlain.

Chris was a member of the gold-medal winning USA Basketball Dream Team at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. He also won a gold medal as a college player, at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Mullin is one of just 12 players to ever win a pair of gold medals in Olympic basketball competition.

Mullin finished his career at St. John's as the all-time leading scorer with 2,440 points, having averaged 19.5 points per game and shot an astonishing 55 percent from the field. Mullin was a two-time All-American and two-time Big East Conference Player of the Year. As a senior in 1985, he received the John R. Wooden Award given to the nation's top college player and helped lead the Red Storm to the NCAA Final Four.