Robert Mulcahy
Robert Edward Mulcahy III is an American former college athletics administrator. He served as the athletic director at Rutgers University from 1998 to 2009.Biography
Mulcahy attended Millburn High School in Millburn, New Jersey, and graduated from Villanova University in 1958 with a Bachelor of Arts in History. After arriving in 1998, Mulcahy used personal contacts to raise the Athletic Department's endowment and New Jersey political contacts to obtain funding from the New Jersey legislature for a massive renovation of Rutgers athletic facilities. He also won increased television coverage for Rutgers football. In 2008, a series of scandals hit the press with investigative reporting by the Newark Star Ledger leading to disclosures concerning the handling of Athletics Department finances. Mulcahy was fired in December 2008 by then president Richard Mccormick under pressure resulting from the Star Ledger investigations. though he claimed to have done nothing wrong.
Mulcahy came to Rutgers on April 15, 1998, after a 19-year tenure as President and CEO of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority.
Prior to his position with NJSEA, Mulcahy was involved in government at the municipal and state level. At age 23, he ran successfully for Mendham Councilman about a year after moving to the township. In 1970, he became Mayor. He was appointed in 1976 to the state's first Corrections Commissioner.
Mulcahy was a longtime resident of Mendham Borough.
Mulcahy currently serves as a chairman of the board for the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority.
