(11 women, eight men), qualified as a team for the NCAA Championships 23 times (14 women, nine men). Since 2001, the Bears have also produced 25 All-Americans and 14 Academic All-Americans. Football Men's soccer Going into the 2017 season, the Bears have made 23 NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship appearances, the WashU men's soccer program is one of the nation's most storied. Since the inception of the tournament in 1974, the Bears have finished as national runners-up three times (1978, 1985, 1987). The Bears have also posted a 29–20–4 (.585) NCAA tournament record through their last appearance in 2016. The Bears have not suffered a losing seasons since 1982. Washington University has a 575–270–98 (.662) record since their first season in 1959 Between 1978 and 1999, the Bears reached the tournament 16 out of 22 seasons, including six straight seasons (1990–1995). The Bears are coached by Joe Clarke. Clarke, a St.Louis native, played college soccer and coached at Saint Louis University. During his fourteen seasons coaching the Billkens, Clarke compiled a 205–74–30 record, taking the team to the NCAA tournament twelve times. On May 9, 1997, Clarke moved to Division III at Washington University in St. Louis. Joe Carenza, Sr., a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame, was the first coach at WashU and was there from 1958 to 1964. Following two seasons without a team, Mike Kessler would take the helm for five seasons but saw the teams struggle while going a poor 14–27–6 (.362) during his tenure. After two seasons with Jack Kinealy as head coach, the Bears would replace him with Joe Carenza Jr. He is a St. Louis native and he would lead the Bears to a level of dominance during his 13 season as head coach as he compiled a record of 158–69–21 (.679) and holds the second most wins as a coach at WashU, behind only current head coach Joe Clarke (who has 205 as of the 2014 season). Another native of St. Louis coached the Bears from 1987 to 1996, Ty Keough racked up the highest winning percentage as a head coach (.723) and ranks third in wins with 136. Women's soccer 2016 NCAA Division III Champions. The women's soccer team was the National Runner-Up at the NCAA Division III Championships in 2009 and 2015, and made it to the quarterfinals in 2011, 2012, and 2013. The women's soccer team