Michael Mullan
| Title: | Head Men's Tennis Coach |
| Phone: | 610-328-8212 |
| Email: | mmullan3@swarthmore.edu |
| College: | Cal |
Mike Mullan -- one of the winningest coaches in
college tennis -- is in his 35th season at Swarthmore as head men's
tennis coach. Mullan is on sabbatical during the Spring of
2012.
The 1986 NCAA Division III Coach of the Year, Mullan has led the Garnet to 27 appearances at the NCAA Division III National Championships, including three national titles (1981, '85, '90).
Mullan, a two-time Pennsylvania high school singles champion, played #2 singles and #1 doubles at the University of California at Berkeley before playing international tennis. The highlight of his playing days was earning a spot in the U.S. Open. A noted clinician, he has conducted tennis teaching programs in Belgium, Burma, Nepal, Afghanistan, and Indonesia. In his 32 seasons of coaching, Mullan has coached 52 Division III All-Americans.
Coach Mullan holds Ph.Ds in sociology and history, with the latter coming from Temple University in 2010. He also teaches in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Swarthmore.
Josh Schofield
| Title: | Interim Men's Tennis Head Coach |
| Email: | jschofi1@swarthmore.edu |
| College: | Villanova '01 |
Josh Schofield will be serving as the interim men's tennis head coach during the spring of 2012 while Mike Mullan is on sabbatical.
Josh has served as the assistant coach at Swarthmore from
2003-06 and 2008-11. In 2004 and 2005, he helped Swarthmore
advance to the Round of 16 at the Division III National Team
Championships. They finished the 2004 season with a final regional
ranking of No. 4 and a national ranking of No. 16. In 2006,
Swarthmore advanced to the quarterfinals of the National Team
Championships for the first time since 1991; they also achieved a
final regional ranking of No. 2, and a national ranking of No. 11.
During the 2007 and 2008 seasons, Josh served as an assistant coach
at Penn.
Josh is a 2001 graduate of Villanova University, where he earned a
bachelor’s degree in history with a concentration in Russian
area studies. He then earned a master’s degree in
Russian/Eastern European studies from Florida State University in
2003, followed by a Master of Education in sport and recreation
administration from Temple University in 2006. While at Villanova
he participated on the Wildcats tennis team, was named a Big-East
Academic All-Star from 1999-2001 and was a member of the student
athlete advisory council from 1999-2000.






