Northern State Athletics Hall of Fame
Dr. Tim Mulhair earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Education in 1977, as well as a Master of Arts in Classroom Teaching in 1988. He went on to earn his Doctorate of Education at the University of South Dakota in 1996. While at Northern, Mulhair was a member of the men's basketball team. Upon his graduation Mulhair sat seventh in career scoring and fourth in career rebounds. Currently he is 19th in career scoring with 1,420 points, and fifth in career rebounds with 950 boards. Mulhair holds a 40-year-old school record for in single season field goal percentage, shooting 66.2 percent in 1976-77.
Since graduating, Mulhair has gone on to become the SDHS Coaches Association Tennis Coach of the year in 2002; a National High School Tennis Coach of the Year finalist in 2005 and 2011; the SDHSAA Distinguished Service Award honoree in 2007; and has had 461 career tennis coaching wins for Yankton High School. In 2010, Mulhair was inducted into the O'Gorman-Cathedral Hall of Fame for Athletics. He is also a member of the Knights of Columbus. Mulhair is currently principal of Sacred Heart Middle School in Yankton, where he lives with his wife, Lorie. They have three children and seven grandchildren.
