He resigned before the end of his term after being appointed by Governor Brendan Byrne to be deputy commissioner of New Jersey Department of Institutions and Agencies.
[2] 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,[9] though he said he had done nothing wrong.
[13] Mulcahy was made a knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great by Pope John Paul II.
[14][18] An Athletic Director's Story and the Future of College Sports in America (Rutgers University Press, 2020)[19]