Fairfield College Preparatory School is part of the Quinnipiac Division in the
Southern Connecticut Conference. The school fields 15 varsity sports including football, soccer, cross country, basketball, ice hockey, swimming & diving, wrestling, skiing, baseball, lacrosse, track & field, rugby, golf, crew, and sailing. Prep's athletic teams have won 49 CIAC state championships and numerous other state titles in non-CIAC sports.
Hockey Prep has won 19 state championships, the most recent in 2023 where Prep defeated Notre Dame West Haven 3-0 at Quinnipiac University. Prep has had four players work their way up to the National Hockey League, including Chris '94 and Ted Drury '89, Jaime Sifers '01 and Mark Arcobello '06. Matt Sather '93 has coached the hockey team since 1999, leading it to eleven state championships. Since 1991, there has not been a 4-year class at Prep that has not won a state title in hockey.
Swimming and diving 20 time SCC champions '05-'19, '22-'25 4 x CIAC State Champions 1998, 2007, 2012, 2025. Prep posted three straight undefeated regular seasons from 2007 to 2009 and won the CIAC Class L Championship in 2007. The Jesuits placed second behind rival
Greenwich High School in the CIAC Class LL Championship in each season since the Class L title in 2007. In 2012, Fairfield Prep finished undefeated for the first time since 2009, and won their 8th straight SCC championship. The team won the 2012 Class LL and State Open Championships. Fairfield Subsequently lost Conference Championships in 2020 and 2021 to rival Xavier High School from Middletown. Fairfield most recently won SCC and class L state championship's in 2025. Coach's Head coach Rob Urban, Assistant's Rich Hutchinson, Brian Whyte and Vin Massey.
Lacrosse Prep's lacrosse program has won six state titles since 2006 with three runner-up finishes during that time. The team won most recently in 2013, beating
Staples High School, for the school's 5th state championship. Christopher Smalkais coached the team for 33 years from 1983 to 2016 and won six state championships. He was inducted into the Connecticut Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2013. His introduction speech was given by 2011 Hall of Fame Inductee Howard Benedict, longtime
New Canaan High School Lacrosse coach and a '63 Fairfield Prep alumnus.
Tennis Prep's tennis team has won 10 state team championships, with the most recent in 2003. Todd Paul, Class of 2003, won the Class LL Singles Championship four years in a row.
Rugby Prep Rugby has been perennial contenders under Coach Frank Decker, and have been runner-up in every state championship match except one. Arch rival
Greenwich High School won the championship each year. Prep rugby has many notable alumni, including
Kenneth Stern '06 who attended
Boston University and plays for the Philippines national team, and
Will Brazier '01 who attended
Fairfield University and played for the
USA Tomahawks and the
USA Falcons. In April 2016 Prep sponsored the first annual North-East Jesuit Rugby Tournament, and prevailed over five other Jesuit schools. They have won 3 out of 4 Northeast Jesuit Tournaments. With the addition of new head coach Kevin Kery, Prep was able to overcome their rivals Greenwich to win their first ever state championship in 2023.
Rival Prep's rival is
Xavier High School.
List of Championship Wins ==Notable alumni==