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Mandy King is in her ninth season as head women's basketballcoach at Washington and Lee and is the program's all-time leader invictories with 109 career wins.

During her tenure, King has posted eight-straight ODACTournament berths and mentored 14 All-ODAC picks, four All-Stateselections and one All-American. She also led the Generals to theirfirst-ever ODAC Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance duringthe 2009-10 campaign.

The 2010-11 season was one of the most successful in programhistory, as the team finished 19-8 overall and 14-6 in conferenceplay. The 19 wins were the most in a season, and the 14 conferencevictories tied the program best win total from a season ago.W&L earned the No. 4 seed in the ODAC Tournament, defeating No.5 Eastern Mennonite in the quarterfinals before falling to eventualchampion and No. 1 seed Randolph-Macon in the semifinals. Duringthe season, King recorded her 100th career win in a contest againstSouthern Virginia on January 18.

Washington and Lee finished the 2009-10 campaign with an 18-10overall record and a 14-6 league mark under King's guidance, bothprogram-bests. The third-seeded Generals captured theprogram’s first-ever ODAC title with wins over Guilford,Eastern Mennonite and Virginia Wesleyan before advancing to theNCAA Division III tournament, where they fell to ChristopherNewport in first-round action. Forward Becca Bolton was named anAll-American by both the Division III News and the WBCA, while alsogarnering first-team All-ODAC, ODAC All-Tournament and D3Hoops.comAll-Region honors. She was joined on the All-ODAC squad by guardMeg Ingram (second team) and on the ODAC All-Tournament team byIngram (Tournament MVP) and guard Katy Wilson.

King led the Generals to a 14-12 record in 2008-09, including aschool-record 13 ODAC victories.  Additionally, the team tieda program-best by earning the fifth-seed for the ODAC Tournamentand ranked 14th among Division III programs in team GPA. Guard Meg Ingram was named the ODAC Rookie of the Year and was asecond team all-conference pick. Ingram was also named the SouthRegion Rookie of the Year as well as the Rookie of the Year for thestate of Virginia.

In 2006-07, her squad made history by winning a school-record 16games, stringing together a seven-game winning streak and advancingto the semifinals of the ODAC Tournament for the first time since1999. The Generals also upset a Top 25 opponent for the first timein program history with a 55-50 win over Bridgewater. Individually,King helped mentor two All-ODAC performancers in center JessicaHunsinger and forward Kristen Krouchick. Hunsinger also earnedAll-State accolades and ends her career the W&L and ODACall-time career rebounder and W&L's all-time leader in blockedshots.

King's 2005-06 team won seven of its final 11 games enroute to garnering a bid to the ODAC Tournament where the Generalsfell to eventual ODAC Champion Randolph-Macon by a score of79-71.

King's 2004-05 team finished 13-13 overall and tied the formerschool record for wins in a season. It was a four-game improvementover the previous campaign and the Generals again played eventualnational runner-up Randolph-Macon in the ODAC Tournament, givingthe Yellow Jackets one of their best games in the tournament.Additionally, she guided two players to all-conference honors.

King's first season resulted in a six-game improvement over theprevious season and also included a bid to the ODAC PostseasonTournament. Under her direction, two players earned All-ODAC honorsand another finished second in the balloting for the conferencerookie of the year award.

King came to W&L after serving as the assistant women'sbasketball coach at Bloomsburg University for two seasons. She alsowas a graduate assistant coach at the College of New Jersey for twoseasons following graduation from the University of Southern Mainewhere she earned a bachelor of science in sports medicine in1998.

During her time at Bloomsburg, King helped the Huskies achieve a36-17 overall record and two berths to the Pennsylvania StateAthletic Conference Tournament. The 2001-02 squad finished theseason 21-6 overall and was ranked as high as second nationally inDivision II. As assistant coach, King served as recruitingcoordinator and was responsible for on-court coaching, scouting andgame preparation.

At the College of New Jersey, King helped the Lions to a NewJersey Athletic Conference title and a Division III "Elite 8"appearance in 2001. King earned a master of arts in teaching/healtheducation from TCNJ in the spring of 2001.

As a player at Southern Maine, King was a four-year starter atpoint guard serving as team captain her final two seasons. Shehelped lead the team to three Little East Championships and threeappearances in the Division III "Sweet 16". As a senior, USMadvanced to the national championship game before falling toWashington (Mo.). She received the National Comeback Athlete of theYear Award from Training and Conditioning Magazine after sufferingher second career threatening knee injury in 1995.  King wasinducted into the Southern Maine Hall of Fame in September2008.

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