Don Mullison
| Don Mullison | |
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| Sport(s) | Football |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | 1924 Fort Morgan, Colorado |
| Playing career | |
| 1942, 1946–1948 | Colorado State |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1952-1955 1956–1961 |
Colorado State (line) Colorado State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 19–40–1 |
| Statistics College Football Data Warehouse |
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| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards Colorado State University Hall of Fame (1990) |
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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° | ||
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| 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, Bowl Alliance or Bowl Coalition game. #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. | |||||||||
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