Carol Mullins is named women's hockey coach

Carol Mullins, who has served as Cornell's assistant women's ice hockey coach for six years, was promoted to head coach, Charles H. Moore, director of athletics, announced last week. Mullins replaces Julie Andeberhan, who left Cornell to become head women's hockey coach at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

"Carol Mullins has done a tremendous job as our assistant women's ice hockey coach over the last six years, and I'm sure she will continue to do an outstanding job for us as our head coach," Moore said. "We're expecting her to continue building our program into a national contender."

"I'm very excited to have the opportunity to continue the tradition here at Cornell," said Mullins.

Over the past three years, the Big Red has posted an impressive 44-30-6 record, including a 34-20-6 slate in the Eastern College Athletic Conference. The team was 15-8-3 this past season, with a 14-5-3 mark in the ECAC. In 1995-96, Cornell recorded a 16-7-2 overall mark, winning the Ivy League title for the first time since 1989-90 with an 8-1-1 record.

A native of Bristol, Vt., Mullins earned her bachelor of arts degree in geography from the University of New Hampshire in 1991. While at the Durham, N.H., campus, Mullins was a member of the UNH women's ice hockey team from 1987-91. She was named New Hampshire's Athlete of the Year for 1989-90. The Wildcats won the ECAC championship in 1990 and 1991. Mullins also was a member of the women's track and field team from 1988 to '91. She was a three-time New England collegiate discus champion and a two-time New England javelin champion.

In addition to her hockey coaching duties at Cornell, Mullins also was the Big Red's assistant women's soccer coach for two years. She served as an administrative assistant with Cornell athletics during the 1993-94 academic year, working primarily with compliance and event management.

A clinician for the New York State Amateur Hockey Association, Mullins also serves as an evaluator for USA Hockey Junior selection camps for the New York and New England regions.