Bio

Contributor Award – Billy Mulligan, Jr. reported on RCC athletics for 18 years, beginning his career in 1985 when Dr. Charles A. Kane, then president of the College, hired him to be co-sports information coordinator with Chris Foster, now a sports writer for the LA Times. Despite being born with cerebral palsy, Mulligan found a home behind a typewriter reporting on RCC athletics, its coaches and the student-athletes who played for the love of the game. Mulligan’s passion for RCC athletics began when his father was named men’s basketball coach.

Armed with a degree from Cal State Fullerton in communications, Mulligan set out on a career that included a stop as an advisor for Viewpoints, the College newspaper. He was a fixture around the campus in his wheelchair. Today, he resides in San Clemente, where he follows his brothers’ coaching exploits at Capo Valley High School and San Clemente High School. He continues to write, working on a family notebook and other projects. He still bleeds RCC black and orange even though he now calls San Clemente home.