NEW YORK -- Chris Mullin felt in his heart it was time to leave St. John's.
He stepped down this month after four years as coach at the school where he starred in the 1980s.
"It got to a certain point for me to do something different," Mullin told The Associated Press on Monday. "Straight from the heart and gut, when you do it that way it's natural. It wasn't anything but that. I'm excited to do some different things."
Mullin had two years remaining on his contract. At the time he resigned, he mentioned a "recent personal loss.