Kelly Mulligan
Gulliver Preparatory School
Impact Statement
Mulligan has led Gulliver Prep to many state titles during the course of her career in both the boys’ and girls’ tennis programs.
Biography
Mulligan has coached the boys and girls teams at Gulliver Prep for 22 seasons, and now owns a total of 11 2A state team titles. Seven of those have been won by her boys teams, which have finished in the state’s top two in nine of the past 10 seasons.
This spring, her boys team, which included just one senior and five freshmen, rolled to its fifth consecutive state team title by scoring a clean sweep, capturing all five singles titles and both doubles titles for a perfect 21 state tournament points. The only other boys team in any class to achieve a perfect score of 21 in the last decade: Gulliver Prep’s 2009 state championship team. Her boys teams also won titles in 2003 and 2005, finishing second in 2002 and 2004. Mulligan also has coached two boys to individual singles titles and three doubles teams to state crowns.
One of them, current Northwestern University standout Raleigh Smith, was named the NHSCA National High School Athlete of the Year in 2010. Gulliver Prep’s five consecutive titles are the state’s longest current streak and the third longest in state history, and their seven titles are fifth best in state history.
The Miami Herald named Mulligan the All-Dade Boys Coach of the Year in 2008, and she was named the Florida Dairy Farmers Florida Coach of the Year in 2009, after previously being awarded the state’s 2A honor.
Since being honored, Mulligan is still coaching the Girls’ team at Gulliver Prep. In addition, she’s also the girls’ golf coach. In 2014, Mulligan was inducted into the Gulliver Athletic Hall of Fame for her dedication and success to her teams. Her girls placed second in 2012 and won another State Championships in 2013, 2014, and 2019. Her boys’ team also placed second in 2012 and won the following year.
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