- Don Mullison
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Don Mullison Sport(s) Football Biographical details Born 1924 Place of birth Fort Morgan, Colorado Playing career 1942, 1946–1948 Colorado State Position(s) Guard Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1952-1955
1956–1961Colorado State (line)
Colorado StateHead coaching record Overall 19–40–1 Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Accomplishments and honors Awards Colorado State University Hall of Fame (1990) Don "Tuffy" Mullison (born 1924) is a former head coach of the Colorado State college football program from 1956 to 1961. Mullison played football for the Colorado A&M Aggies in 1942 before serving in the Pacific during World War II. He returned to Colorado A&M in 1946 playing until 1948 and was a member of Bob Davis' Raisin Bowl team. A champion wrestler also, Mullison returned to Colorado A&M as the assistant line coach in football in 1952. He helped Bob Davis guide the 1955 Aggies to the Skyline Conference championship in 1955 before being named the head coach of football in 1956. He coached the Aggies-Rams until the football program fell on hard times and was fired in December 1961.
Head coaching record
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Coaches# AP° 1956 Colorado State 2–7–1 5th 1957 Colorado State 3–7 T-6th 1958 Colorado State 6–4 4th 1959 Colorado State 6–4 2nd 1960 Colorado State 2–8 T-7th 1961 Colorado State 0–10 7th Total: 19–40–1 †Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. References
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Colorado State Rams head football coaches No coach (1890) • No team (1891) • No coach (1892–1894) • No team (1895–1898) • W. J. Forbes (1899) • George Toomey (1900–1901) • C. J. Griffith (1901–1902) • John H. McIntosh (1904–1905) • Claude Rothgeb (1906–1909) • George Cassidy (1910) • Harry W. Hughes (1911–1941) • Julius Wagner (1942) • No team (1943–1944) • Julius Wagner (1945–1946) • Harry W. Hughes (1946) • Bob Davis (1947–1955) • Don Mullison (1956–1961) • Mike Lude (1962–1969) • Jerry Wampfler (1970–1972) • Sark Arslanian (1973–1981) • Chester Caddas # (1981) • Leon Fuller (1982–1988) • Earle Bruce (1989–1992) • Sonny Lubick (1993–2007) • Steve Fairchild (2008– )
Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.
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