Washington University in St. Louis women’s basketball head coach Nancy Fahey became the fourth coach in NCAA Division III history to reach 700 wins as the No. 11-ranked Bears earned a 63-50 win at No. 21 and previously unbeaten Carnegie Mellon University Sunday afternoon.

Fahey is the second-fastest coach in NCAA men’s and women’s basketball history to reach 700 wins, doing so in her 826^th game. University of Connecticut head women’s coach Geno Auriemma, who reached the milestone in his 822^nd game, is the only coach to accomplish the feat faster than Fahey.

“After the game, I reminded the team of all of the past Bears they represented today,” Fahey said. “I haven’t made a shot, ran a line or lifted a weight. This win is about the tradition of WashU women’s basketball.”

Fahey is the only coach in NCAA Division III history to win five national championships, including a stretch of four straight crowns from 1998-2001, and the leader of a program that owns the second-longest winning streak in NCAA women’s basketball history at 81 games.

Fahey achieved another pinnacle in 2012, becoming the first NCAA Division III representative to be inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tenn.

In 29+ seasons as Washington University’s head coach, Fahey has guided the Bears to an NCAA Division III-best five national championships. She has also led WashU to a Division III-record 10 Final Four appearances. Fahey has posted a 688-124 (.847) record, and became the fastest coach in NCAA women’s basketball history to reach 600 wins, doing so in her 706th game during the 2011-12 season.

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