Missouri State Bears and Lady Bears


The Missouri State Bears and Lady Bears are the athletic teams representing Missouri State University. Missouri State's athletics programs date back to 1908. Missouri State competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision, and most teams compete in the Missouri Valley Conference. Missouri State football competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference, while Men's Swimming and Diving competes in the Mid-American Conference, and the beach volleyball team is a member of the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association. Missouri State athletics are frequently abbreviated as "MOST" when televised.

Sports sponsored

A member of the Missouri Valley Conference, Missouri State University sponsors six men's and 11 women's teams in NCAA sanctioned sports.

National championships

Team

Women's basketball NCAA Tournament results

SeasonEliminated
Round		Teams DefeatedLost to
19912nd roundTennessee Tech Tennessee
1992Final FourKansas
Iowa
UCLA
Mississippi 		Western Kentucky
1993Sweet 16Oklahoma State
Maryland 		Louisiana Tech
19942nd roundNorthern Illinois Virginia
19952nd roundUtah Colorado
19961st roundTexas
19981st roundNotre Dame
19992nd roundCal.-Santa Barbara Colorado State
20001st roundAuburn
2001Final FourToledo
Rutgers
Duke
Washington 		Purdue
20031st roundTexas Tech
20041st roundNotre Dame
20061st roundPurdue
20161st roundTexas A&M
20191st roundDePaul
Iowa State
Stanford

WNIT appearances

, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018

Conference championships

AIAW 5

1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1981
Mid-Continent Conference 2

1991, 1992
Missouri Valley Conference 10

1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2020

Head coaches

Club sports

The university also sponsors several club sports teams, including ice hockey, lacrosse, and roller hockey.

Men's ice hockey

Missouri State men's ice hockey, known as the Ice Bears, began in 2001 and despite not being a varsity NCAA sport receives much attention on and off-campus. The Ice Bears currently compete at the Division I level of the American Collegiate Hockey Association in the Western Collegiate Hockey League. The teams play off-campus at the 2,000-seat Mediacom Ice Park.
Men's varsity ice hockey finished the 2009–2010 season ranked 2nd in the MACHA DII with a record of 12–4–0 in 16 league games, the team lost in the MACHA Championship 1–5 to Southern Illinois University- Edwardsville. In addition to the ACHA DII team the University also fields a JV teams playing at the ACHA DIII level. The team won the MACHA DIII championship with a 5–3 win over Robert Morris University- Peoria.

Men's lacrosse

Missouri State also fields a highly successful club Lacrosse Team. Founded in 2003, it competes in the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association Division II and was a member of the Great Rivers Lacrosse Conference through 2017 before it moved to Division II of the Lone Star Alliance in 2018. The Bears have been conference champions five times in their history and have qualified for the MCLA National Championships on four occasions. The Bears finished the 2018 season with a record of 12-3, including a perfect 6-0 conference record and victories over Creighton, Baylor, and in-state rival University of Missouri. Since 2003, Missouri State has fielded 11 All-Americans, over 80 All-Conference players, 3 GRLC Tournament MVP's, and 4 GRLC Division II Coach's of the Year.
Head CoachYearRecord
Daren Turner2002–200824–21
Austin Holman2009–201023–9
Pat Callaham2011–201212-13
Dustin Rich2013–201832-30
Donnie Curran2019–present0-0