Mulligan, a 2000 graduate Olivet Nazarene University, spent last season as the junior varsity basketball coach at Highland High School. He also worked as an event manager for Mid-America Sports and Events Group. He served as a sports information intern at Olivet Nazarene in 1999 and has also been a high school and middle school substitute teacher.
Mulligan was a four-year member of the Olivet Nazarene varsity basketball team. He was named the Most Improved Player as a senior. He wrote a column for The Daily Journal in Kankakee, Illinois, and was a sportswriter for the school newspaper.
“I recruited Jason when he was in high school,” said Wabash head basketball coach Mac Petty. “I knew then that he was dedicated, and had a good attitude and solid work ethic. He brings all of those attributes to our program along with an understanding of the game of basketball as both a player and a coach.”
Mulligan is single and will reside in Crawfordsville. He begins his coaching duties immediately.
The Wabash basketball program is 94-40 over the last five seasons.
Wabash College is a private liberal arts college for men located in Crawfordsville, Indiana and was founded in 1832. Long known as one of the nation's finest liberal arts colleges, Wabash recently received $20.8 million from Lilly Endowment to establish the Wabash Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts. Wabash was also included in Loren Pope's new book, "Colleges That Change Lives," and was ranked among the nation's best educational values by U.S. News and World Report.