Career Record at Pitt: 230-154 (59%)

Darrick Mullins:

Coach Darrick Mullins is a native of Pitt County, NC. Coach Mullins has served as Head Coach at Pitt CC for 13 Seasons and garnered a career record of 230-154 (59%). He graduated from North Pitt High School (Class of 1986) and Elizabeth City State University (1991) with a B.S. in Business Administration-Marketing. Later in his life, amid being a father, husband, coach, and teacher, he decided to go back to school at Concordia University (2016), where he earned his Master's in Coaching and Athletic Administration. Coach Mullins is President and founder of Hightower, Inc. & Hightower Hoopsters Amateur Athletics Union program. He also organized the Winners Unlimited Youth Basketball Camp for 23 years. He is happily married to his wife of 30 years, Glynis Mullins, and has two wonderful kids, Mason and Taylor Mullins.

In 2010, Coach Mullins was appointed Head Coach of the Pitt Community College Bulldogs. Before being appointed Head coach, he served as the assistant coach of the PCC Men's Basketball team for two years. His most proud accomplishment is improving the overall team GPA from 1.19 to 2.5 over the past six seasons, with its first-ever Fall 2014 semester cumulative overall 3.0 average and a 93.7% retention rate in 2017.

As Coach Mullins enters his 14th season, he has averaged 20-plus wins each season, and 13 players have been ranked nationally in the National Junior Collegiate Athletic Association in scoring, rebounding, and assists. Coach Mullins also had 47 players on the Region X All-Conference team and four players named NJCAA All-American under his leadership. Mullins currently has several players to continue their collegiate basketball careers at 4-year universities:

Darren Wilson (Nebraska's York College), Ramone Adderly (Northeast Oklahoma University), Chuckie Becton (St. Thomas University), JaQuan Blount (University of Mount Olive), Kelly Marsh (Lincoln University, CIAA), Terrell Maryland (Bryan College), John Setters (Averett University), Mike Tyson (Fayetteville State University, CIAA), Quante Smith (Thomas University), Brandon Faison (Queens/William Penn/Shaw), Antonio Freeman (King's University), Darian Daniels (Shaw University, CIAA), Edmond Scott (UNC-P), Matisse Edwards (Livingstone College, CIAA), Ben Cox (Johnson C. Smith University, CIAA), Amir Ross (Fredonia University), Jeremyah McWilliams (UNC-Pembroke/Montreat College), Patrick McLaughlin (St. Andrews University), Jalen Hines (Chowan University), Avery Huggins (Johnson C. Smith University, CIAA), DyShun Smith (Carolina Christian College), Jordan Yarrell (Pfeiffer University), Carl Roberts (Shaw University), JaQuan Mosley  (Colby-Sawyer College), and Caleb Hymon (Benedict College).

In 2019, Mullins led the Bulldogs to a Region X regular season championship. This accomplishment qualified PCC for the NJCAA DII National Tournament, the school's first in program history.

Mullins is currently the Coordinator of Recreation Sports & Student Success, coordinating intramural sports programming and Esports on campus. Coach Mullins also worked as an adjunct for the Developmental Studies Department, teaching ACA-090 (Study Skills) from 2010 to 2015.

Mullins has taken on various roles at PCC:  coaching, instructing, coordinating, and being a former PCC student. Mullins decided to spend a year taking courses to enhance his professional development. Coach Mullins attributes tremendous credit to God, family, a strong support staff, administration, and mentors. Coach Mullins remains in several community projects within Pitt County and surrounding counties, including Hightower's Camp, Special Olympics, ALS Challenge, Cancer Awareness, Charles Coburn Classic, Princeton Middle School reading program, and North Pitt High School Teacher's Appreciation, which are just a few that are dear to his heart. Coach Mullins always tells his players, "Your job is to be prepared when the opportunity presents itself."

Coach Mullins' goal as a basketball coach is to establish and model responsible behavior and teamwork through personal leadership of the basketball program. He is committed to recruiting and retaining academically qualified student-athletes, increasing and maintaining above-average graduation rates, and building and maintaining a winning basketball tradition. His coaching style enhances his players' athletic abilities while encouraging academic success. The coach's ultimate prize is to witness the successful evolution of a player's game while he develops the skills necessary to compete in life.