Nancy Fahey
| Sport(s) | Women's basketball |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Illinois |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Record | 0–0 (–) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
November 3, 1958 Belleville, Wisconsin |
| Playing career | |
| 1977–1981 | Wisconsin |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1982–1986 | Johnsburg HS |
| 1986–2017 | Washington (MO) |
| 2017–present | Illinois |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 737–133 (.847) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Nancy Fahey (born November 3, 1958) is the current head women's basketball coach at the University of Illinois. Previously, she served as head coach at Washington University in St. Louis. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, where she played college basketball.
Fahey began her coaching career shortly after graduating from Wisconsin. She was hired as the girls' basketball coach at Johnsburg High School in 1982. Her final two years at the program, she led the Lady Skyhawks to 20-win seasons and regional championships both years.
In 1986, Fahey was named as head women's basketball coach at Washington University. She found some success in her first season, going 16-5. The school joined in the newly-created University Athletic Association and competition started in the 1987-1988 season. Washington won the first three and seven of the first eight UAA championships, making the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament seven of eight years as well. In 1991, despite finishing second in the UAA, Fahey made her first NCAA Tournament run, finishing in fourth place after losing in the Final Four to St. Thomas and the third-place game to Eastern Connecticut. In 1994, the Bears made another deep run into the tournament, this time making the championship game before losing to Capital University.
The 1997-98 season began a new era for Fahey. The Bears went 28-2, winning the national championship over Southern Maine 77-69. The next season, they went an undefeated 30-0, winning the national championship over Saint Benedict 74-65. The next year was much of the same, going 30-0 once again and winning a third straight national championship, this time once again over Southern Maine 79-33. In 2000-01, the team failed to go undefeated, but finished at 28-2 and won their fourth straight national championship over Messiah College 67-45.
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