(HM), and Chris Klimek, 2014 (HM). Head Coach Mark Edwards retired after the 2017–2018 season. He ended his career with a record of 685–293 for a .700 winning percentage over his 37 years on the sideline. He also won numerous coaching awards: Coaching Awards: Women's basketball Women's basketball has claimed the NCAA Women's Division III Basketball Championship a total of five times (more than any other school), including 2010, and won four consecutive national titles from 1998 to 2001, during which time they established what was then the longest winning streak in NCAA women's basketball history, at 81 games. On March 20, 2010, WashU defeated Hope College 65–59 in the 2010 national championship game. Women's basketball has made the championship game four out of five years between 2007 and 2011, losing to DePauw University in 2007 (55–52) and in 2009 losing to George Fox University by the final score of 65–53. In 2011 the Bears failed to repeat as champions when they fell in the championship game 64–55 to Amherst College Women's basketball won the DIII championship four straight seasons from 1999 to 2001. The team was coached by Nancy Fahey from 1986 to 2017, after which she became the head coach at Illinois. In addition to the 5 National Championships under Fahey, the Bears have appeared in the NCAA DIII National Tournament 28 straight seasons from 1990 to 2017. The Bears reached the tournament in 1988 and missed making it in 1989 before starting the current streak. Cross country Jeff Stiles has been the head coach of the men's and women's cross country teams since 2001. The women's cross country team claimed the 2011 NCAA Division III Championship under Stiles after a runner-up finish in 2010. The men's team claimed 3rd place at the NCAA Division III Championship in 2011, signifying the highest combined men's and women's program finishes in school history. In 2007, the women placed third at the NCAA Division III Championship meet. The Bears also ran to third-place finishes at the 2005 and 2004 NCAA Division III Championships. Washington U. came in fourth place at the 2006 NCAA Championships. The women also won their third-straight Midwest Region title in 2007. In 2009, after going unranked all year, the men qualified for the National Championship and finished seventh place at the National meet. Under Stiles, the men's and women's cross country teams have won 19 UAA titles