From 2005-14, the Drury menâs swimming and diving team won 10 straight national championships. That feat has only been matched in NCAA DII sports by the Cal Poly womenâs cross country team from 1982-91.
Letâs take a look at the longest championship winning streaks in the history of NCAA DII sports.
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The longest championship winning streaks in DII men's sports
For the menâs sports, it starts with the Drury menâs swimming and diving team. Head coach Brian Reynolds cemented himself in the sportâs lore as a winner of 12 total titles, the most in DII swimming and diving history and the fifth most titles a head coach has across all DII sports.Â
His Panthers actually had a shot at No. 11 in a row in 2015Â but lost to Queens (NC) by 16 points. Those same Royals havenât lost since, and are the Panthers' biggest threat to their record, winners of five straight national championships and showing no signs of slowing down. Queens (NC) is the active leader in championship winning streaks of DII menâs sports.
FALL CHAMPS: Most DII football titles | Men's soccer | Women's soccer | Volleyball | Field hockey
Lander menâs tennis is tied for second, dominating the sport for eight straight seasons from 1993-2000. Of course, no DII list is complete without mentioning the legendary head coach George Williams of Saint Augustineâs. He led the Falcons to seven straight titles and his 16 overall are second all-time in DII history, trailing Adams Stateâs Damon Martin by one.Â
Hereâs the complete list of the longest DII menâs championship winning streaks:
School | Sport | Years | Championships |
---|---|---|---|
Drury | Swimming and diving | 2005-14 | 10 |
CSU Bakersfield # | Swimming and diving | 1986-93 | 8 |
Lander | Tennis | 1993-2000 | 8 |
Abilene Christian # | Outdoor track and field | 1982-88 | 7 |
Abilene Christian # | Outdoor track and field | 2002-08 | 7 |
Cal Poly # | Wrestling | 1968-74 | 7 |
Saint Augustineâs | Outdoor track and field | 1989-95 | 7 |
SIUE | Tennis | 1978-84 | 7 |
Abilene Christian # | Indoor track and field | 1996-2000 | 5 |
CSU Bakersfield # | Wrestling | 1979-83 | 5 |
CSUN | Swimming and diving | 1981-85 | 5 |
Queens (NC) | Swimming and diving | 2015-19* | 5 |
Saint Augustineâs | Indoor track and field @ | 1988-92 @ | 5 |
Saint Augustineâs | Outdoor track and field | 2013-17 | 5 |
Abilene Christian # | Indoor Track and Field | 2002-05 | 4 |
Bemidji St. | Ice hockey | 1984, 93-95+ | 4 |
Central Okla. | Wrestling | 1992-95 | 4 |
Oakland # | Swimming and diving | 1994-97 | 4 |
Western Colorado | Cross country | 2000-03 | 4 |
(#= Now a DI program; * = Active streak; @ = Shared title; + = sport discontinued.)
WINTER CHAMPS: Most DII men's basketball titles | Women's hoops | Swimming & Diving | Wrestling
The longest championship winning streaks in DII women's sports
The list of most consecutive womenâs championships is topped by two programs that have made the jump to Division I sports. Cal Polyâs 10-year run in cross country is the best in the history of DII womenâs sports, while Abilene Christian put together an eight-year run in indoor track and field.
Tied for the next two spots are Damon Martin and his Adams State womenâs cross country team who had not one, but two extended championship winning streaks. The first was an eight-year run from 1992-99 and after a brief hiatus, won seven straight from 2003-09.Â
Brady Starkey has turned the Concordia St- Paul womenâs volleyball program into the benchmark of DII volleyball. From 2007-13, the Golden Bears won every national championship and then went back-to-back again two years later. For someone not having a national championship to his name until 2007, Starkey made quick work to propel himself into the top 10 all-time head coach leaders across all of DII sports.Â
Just as with the DII menâs championships, the Queens (NC) womenâs swimming and diving team is the only active program to crack the list. Winners of the last five national championships, the Royal women return poised to take capture No. 6 in 2020.Â
SPRING CHAMPS: Most DII baseball titles | Softball | Men's lacrosse | Women's lacrosse
Hereâs the complete list of the longest DII womenâs championship winning streaks:
Team | Sport | Years | Championships |
---|---|---|---|
Cal Poly # | Cross Country | 1982-91 | 10 |
Abilene Christian # | Indoor Track and Field | 1993-2000 | 8 |
Adams St. | Cross Country | 1992-99 | 8 |
Adams St. | Cross Country | 2003-09 | 7 |
Concordia-St. Paul | Volleyball | 2007-13 | 7 |
Western Washington | Rowing | 2005-11 | 7 |
Truman | Swimming and Diving | 2001-06 | 6 |
Lincoln (MO) | Outdoor Track and Field | 2003-07Â | 5 |
Oakland # | Swimming and Diving | 1990-94 | 5 |
Queens (NC) | Swimming and Diving | 2015-19* | 5 |
Abilene Christian # | Outdoor Track and Field | 1985-88Â | 4 |
Abilene Christian # | Indoor Track and Field | 1988-91Â | 4 |
Bloomsburg | Field Hockey | 2006-09Â | 4 |
Drury | Swimming and Diving | 1997-2000 | 4 |
Franklin Pierce | Soccer | 1994-97 | 4 |
North Dakota St. # | Basketball | 1993-96 | 4 |
Nova Southeastern | Golf | 2009-12 | 4 |
Rollins | Golf | 2003-06 | 4 |
SIUE | Tennis | 1986-89 | 4 |
(#= Now a DI program; * = Active streak.)