Temple University Athletics
Staff Directory
Austin Mullen
- Title:
- Associate AD/Major Gifts (M/WXC, FEN, M/WSOC, WT&F)
- Email:
- Phone:
- 215-204-2286
Austin Mullen who joined Temple Athletics as the Assistant Athletics Director for Major Gifts in August 2021, was promoted to Associate Athletics Director for Major Gifts in March 2023.
Mullen was instrumental in securing the endowment for the Debbie and Stanley Lefkowitz '65 Vice President and Director of Athletics position, the largest gift in athletics history. Temple is now one of only nine public Division I institutions to have an endowed athletic director position.
Prior to Temple, Mullen served UCLA as an Assistant Director of Development soliciting major gifts and leading various annual fund initiatives for the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. During fiscal year 2021, he solicited over $885,000 for the department and closed a $2,000,000 planned gift to establish an endowment to support the UCLA women's and men's golf programs.
Before arriving at UCLA, Mullen attended Ohio University where he obtained a Master of Business Administration and Master of Sports Administration. While in Athens, Mullen was a Graduate Assistant in the Ohio Bobcat Club where he oversaw basketball premium seating, various stewardship initiatives, and a donor portfolio that saw an annual increase in giving of 82%.
Mullen graduated from the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor of Business Administration with majors in Finance, Marketing, and Business Management. During his time in Lexington, he served as Student Body President, DanceBlue Dance Marathon Corporate Relations Chair, an intern in the UK Athletics Marketing Department, and a Member on the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees.
Mullen is a doctoral candidate in Higher Education at Temple University.
Mullen was instrumental in securing the endowment for the Debbie and Stanley Lefkowitz '65 Vice President and Director of Athletics position, the largest gift in athletics history. Temple is now one of only nine public Division I institutions to have an endowed athletic director position.
Prior to Temple, Mullen served UCLA as an Assistant Director of Development soliciting major gifts and leading various annual fund initiatives for the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. During fiscal year 2021, he solicited over $885,000 for the department and closed a $2,000,000 planned gift to establish an endowment to support the UCLA women's and men's golf programs.
Before arriving at UCLA, Mullen attended Ohio University where he obtained a Master of Business Administration and Master of Sports Administration. While in Athens, Mullen was a Graduate Assistant in the Ohio Bobcat Club where he oversaw basketball premium seating, various stewardship initiatives, and a donor portfolio that saw an annual increase in giving of 82%.
Mullen graduated from the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor of Business Administration with majors in Finance, Marketing, and Business Management. During his time in Lexington, he served as Student Body President, DanceBlue Dance Marathon Corporate Relations Chair, an intern in the UK Athletics Marketing Department, and a Member on the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees.
Mullen is a doctoral candidate in Higher Education at Temple University.
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