[2][3] As a senior, he averaged 18 points per game for Purdue,[4] setting school records for single-game and single-season scoring for the second consecutive season.

[2] During his college career he was a first team All-Big Ten selection and a two-time Purdue Most Valuable Player.

[1] He toured the United States as a member of the College All-Stars, playing a series of games vs. the Harlem Globetrotters, then entered the U.S. military.

He spent 29 years as a coach; at Rochester, Elwood, LaPorte and Indianapolis' Warren Central; achieving a record of 413-277 (.599) and 21 winning seasons.

McNulty and his 1979-80 Kokomo High School team were at the center of a story in the April 14, 1980 issue of The New Yorker.