Baseball, basketball (2020–21), cross country, soccer, tennis, and track and field are among the men's sports. Basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, and volleyball are examples of women's sports. Mary Baldwin played its first baseball game in 1887 and has won or shared 11 conference titles since then. The Lady Bears have also made the NCAA Tournament nine times, most recently in 2016. In 2001, Mary Baldwin became the first college to sponsor a varsity sport for men: baseball. The new program was created by former Virginia governor Jim Gilmore who had attended MBU before graduating from Yale. He said that he wanted to give his alma mater an opportunity to compete on a national level while giving young people an option other than playing professional baseball. In 2002, football became the second men's sport added when the school agreed to a partnership with Division III Framingham State. The two schools will share resources including coaches and players and neither will be able to offer scholarships. The agreement is expected to last five years after which time both schools will be able to re-evaluate their positions. Gilmore died in October 2003 after only one season as head coach of the baseball team. He was 57. Former Virginia pitcher Tom Koehler took over as head coach and led the team to a 35-26 record before stepping down after three seasons.