Leroy Mullins served UM's student-athletes for 30 years, beginning as Head Athletic Trainer in the 1970s. He also served as Director of Sports Medicine in his tenure, helping hundreds of students heal and succeed.

The last four digits of the phone number to the main athletic training room on the Ole Miss campus was and still is 7246, or “PAIN,” as Leroy said. He told every student-athlete to call PAIN to help them remember where to go for his assistance.

Leroy Mullins was fond of coming up with ways for students to remember how to get in touch with him at any time. The last four digits of Leroy's home phone number were 9595. He called this his “Bargain Price" phone number, which he shared with all his student-athletes and encouraged them to call him whenever they were in need.

In 2004, Leroy Mullins was inducted into the Mississippi Athletic Trainers' Association Hall of Fame for his lifetime of work helping young athletes succeed. Our $200.04 gifts can help generations of students follow in his footsteps.

Faith and family were two of Leroy Mullins’ greatest joys and priorities. Leroy and his wife, Barbara Till Mullins, were married for 55 years.

Football player Chucky Mullins' (#38) athletic career at Ole Miss came to a tragic end after making a tackle against Vanderbilt that left him paralyzed from the neck down. Leroy Mullins, the head athletic trainer that day, was among the first people to reach him as he lay on the field and said he was forever changed by the tragedy. Through the months and years afterward, Leroy was often at Chucky's side and shared a special bond with one of the university's most beloved athletes.