Dan Mullen has been the head coach of the Mississippi State Bulldogs for eight seasons, which makes him one of the elder statesmen among SEC head coaches. Only Nick Saban, who’s been at Alabama for 10 years, is longer tenured than Mullen. He’s taken them from the bottom of the league, to competing for division titles.
And that leads us to no. 61 on the Southbound and Down College Football Countdown.
Dan Mullen is 61-42 in his eight seasons as Mississippi State Head Coach
In Mullen’s eight seasons, he’s registered six winning seasons and the Bulldogs have gone 29-35 conference record, but let’s put that in perspective.