Hall of Fame
Cullen served as head coach of the Big Red sprint football program in six decades, taking over as co-head coach along with his father Bob in 1977 after serving as an assistant coach since 1964. In 45 seasons as a head coach and 58 years with the program, Cullen's teams combined for a 143-138-4 record and garnered five of the program's six league championships (1978, 1982, 1984, 1986, 2006) and all three unbeaten seasons (1978, 1982, 2006). He was an assistant coach on the sixth title-winning team (1975), helping Cornell to a 44-31-4 during those seasons. In all, Cullen was involved in 75 percent of the games played in the entire history of the program, which kicked off in 1936. However, more important than the win/loss record, is his impact of the lives for more than 1000 Cornell students who played 150s/Sprint Football. To them he was a life coach, father figure and mentor. Many of his players would say “TC changed my life for the better.” He is beloved by the 1,500 sprint alumni, managers, parents and friends of the program and this is what makes him one of Cornell’s legendary Coaches. Cullen's coaching background also included freshman lacrosse (five years) at Cornell. The position was endowed in his name in the fall of 2001 by Jay Carter '71, ME '72 and his wife, Juliann Reisner Carter '71.
