Football The Golden Bears
football program has been in competition since 1910. The Golden Bears have won three
Vanier Cup national championships, in
1967,
1972 and most recently in
1980. The program has also had three players win the
Hec Crighton Trophy, with Mel Smith winning in 1971, Bryan Fryer winning in 1975, and most recently
Ed Ilnicki winning the award in
2017.
Men's ice hockey rookies in 2014 The
U Sports men's ice hockey program has been competing since 1908, in the same year that the University of Alberta was first established. The Golden Bears have won the most
David Johnston University Cup championships with 16 wins, most recently in
2018. The program has also featured 55 conference championship teams, including a recent period of domination where Golden Bear teams have won 16 out of 20
Canada West championships from 2000 to 2020. The team's
head coach,
Ian Herbers, returned to the team in 2018 following a stint with the
Edmonton Oilers after previously being the team's head coach for three seasons from 2012 to 2015.
Women's ice hockey The University of Alberta has featured a women's ice hockey program since at least 1913, near the beginning years of the school's creation in 1908. The program has also been dominant in
Canada West play as Panda teams have won 14 conference championships, including seven in a row from 2001 to 2008. The team has been led by
head coach Howie Draper since the inaugural season in 1997–98.
Men's volleyball The Golden Bears
men's volleyball first began intercollegiate play in the 1955–56 season and has competed in the Canada West conference since the 1971–72 season. The Golden Bears first won a
U Sports men's volleyball championship in 1981 and have won nine national championships in total, including the most recent in
2024, which is tied for the most out of all of the U Sports men's volleyball programs. The program has also featured 17 Canada West conference champions, most recently in 2024. Golden Bears players have won the
U Sports Men's Volleyball Player of the Year award 11 times, the most in the country, with
Terry Danyluk winning the first two.
Women's volleyball The Pandas
women's volleyball program first began in the 1950s where the team won their first Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union championship in 1953. The Pandas first qualified for the
U Sports women's volleyball championship tournament in 1993 under the direction of then-second year head coach Laurie Eisler and soon won the first national championship in team history in 1995. The Pandas then repeated as champions five times to tie the U Sports women's volleyball record with six consecutive national championships won. The Pandas have also won 18 conference titles with their most recent occurring in 2017. Five Pandas players have won the
Mary Lyons Award with
Miroslava Pribylova winning in 1996 and 1997, Jenny Cartmell winning in 1999 and 2000, Tiffany Dodds winning in 2007, Meg Casault winning in 2017, and Kory White winning most recently in 2022.
Women's rugby The Pandas women's rugby program began in the 1970s and had significant successes between 1999 and 2006. Matt Parrish is the current Head Coach. == Awards and standings ==