 The Falcons women 's basketball teams had recent postseason success . The team won conference championships in women 's basketball in 2005 , 2006 , and 2007 . At the NCAA Women 's Division I Basketball Championship , the Falcons lost in the first round in 2005 and 2006 , but then reached the " Sweet Sixteen " in 2007 . The 1984 Falcons hockey team defeated the University of Minnesota Duluth in the longest college hockey championship game in history , to win the NCAA National Championship . Former BGSU head football coach Doyt Perry led the Falcons to the NCAA " Small College " Football National Title and undefeated season in 1959 . Several BGSU coaches went on to prominent careers . Football coach Urban Meyer went on to great success at the University of Florida , earning two BCS National Championship Game appearances in a three @-@ year span , winning in 2007 and 2009 . He also won the first FBS Playoff championship while coaching at The Ohio State University in 2015 . Hockey coach Jerry York became the winningest active coach in NCAA hockey , winning four NCAA National Championships at Boston College in 2001 , 2008 , 2010 and 2012 after his Bowling Green championship in 1984 . 
