Blake Mullen enters his first season as an assistant coach for the women's soccer program in 2023. 

Mullen found immediate success during his first season with the program in 2022 as the Royals went 17-3-2 and won a third straight Landmark Conference title. The Royals notched NCAA Tournament wins over Bowdoin and Westfield State and advanced to a second consecutive Sweet 16 and five players earned USC All-Region honors in Mary Haggerty, Niamh Healy, Teresa Hegarty, Nikki Olson and Claire Sites. 

Mullen joins the Royals following recent stints as a goalie coach at University of Virginia and Post University. During his time at Post, the Eagles captured the 2021 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Championship and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament following a 4-1 victory over Lock Haven in the first round.

Prior to Post, he handled goalie coaching duties and player operations responsibilities for The University of Vermont men’s soccer program.

Mullen began his coaching career in 2019 as a goalie coach at Virginia Tech and found early success as he helped guide the Hokies to a 10-6-3 record that season and a Sweet 16 appearance after a 4-1 win over New Hampshire in the second round.

The Connecticut native has also spent time with Seacoast United Soccer Club where he instructed children ranging from ages 7-18 on proper goalkeeping techniques as well as various other skills.

He joined the coaching ranks following a storied playing career at Saint Joseph’s (Me.) where he broke multiple NCAA records and earned D3Soccer.com All-American honors on two occasions. Mullen holds NCAA Division III career records for goals against average (0.31, min. 2500 minutes) and consecutive shutout minutes (1706:09) as well as single-season records for save percentage (.981, 2017) and GAA (0.05, 2017).

Saint Joseph’s won three straight Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) championships in 2016, 2017, and 2018 to reach the NCAA Tournament in each season. In all three seasons, the Monks won a game in the tournament to advance to the Second Round.