The University of Maryland currently offers 20
varsity teams: 8 men's and 12 women's.
Baseball •
NCAA Tournament Regional Champions: 2014, 2015 •
NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1965, 1970, 1971, 2014, 2015, 2017 •
Conference Champions: 1936, 1965, 1970, 1971, 2022 •
Conference Tournament Champions: 2023
Men's basketball Burton Shipley was Maryland's first and longest serving basketball coach, but his lengthy tenure from 1923 to 1947 was described as "remarkably quiet". At that time, the sport was not widely popular in the
mid-Atlantic region and football and boxing were much better drawing spectator sports on the Maryland campus. To capitalize on the popularity, basketball games at
Ritchie Coliseum were held as doubleheaders with boxing matches for 26 years.
Bud Millikan became head coach in 1950 and soon led Maryland to consistent respectability within the
Southern Conference. Defensive point guard
Gene Shue averaged 22 points per game and his scoring record stood for two decades. In 1955, the small Ritchie Coliseum was replaced by ; games were moved to the larger
Cole Field House, centrally located on campus, and when Maryland became a member of the
Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), the fanbase rapidly expanded. Millikan's tenure culminated in 1958 when Maryland won its first Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship and advanced to the Elite Eight in the
NCAA tournament. In 1969,
Lefty Driesell was hired by the
University of Maryland. Drisell led the Terrapins to eight NCAA Tournament appearances, a
National Invitation Tournament championship, two Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season championships, and one
Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship. Maryland also attained a No. 2
Associated Press ranking during four consecutive seasons from 1972 to 1976. At Maryland, Driesell began the now nationwide tradition of
Midnight Madness. According to longstanding NCAA rules, college basketball teams were not permitted to begin practices until October 15. Driesell traditionally began the first practice with a requirement that his players run one mile in six minutes, but found that the players were too fatigued to practice effectively immediately afterwards. At 12:03 a.m. on October 15, 1971, Driesell held a one-mile run at the track around
Byrd Stadium, where a crowd of 1,000 fans had gathered after learning of the unorthodox practice session. The event soon became a tradition to build excitement for the basketball team's upcoming season. Midnight Madness has been adopted by many national programs such as UNC, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan State and Duke. In 1972, Maryland defeated
Niagara, 100–69, to secure the
National Invitation Tournament championship. Driesell said that the season attained the three goals he had set for the program at the time of his hiring: "national prominence", "national ranking", and "a national championship". In the
1974 ACC men's basketball tournament, Maryland was defeated by North Carolina State University in overtime, 103–100. Many consider it to be one of the greatest college basketball games of all time. North Carolina State University eventually went on to win the 1974 National Championship. Maryland finished No. 4 in the final Associated Press poll that season, prompting the NCAA to make a landmark decision in 1975. The NCAA tournament committee expanded the field from 32 to 48 teams, which opened the door for more than one team from a conference. In 1984, Driesell led the team to the school's second ACC Tournament Championship. In December 1985, the university gave Driesell a ten-year contract extension. Earlier that same year, Driesell was made an Honorary M Club member. He ended his career at Maryland with a 348–159 overall record. His winning percentage of .686 is the best ever for a Maryland coach.
Gary Williams became head coach in 1989, bringing Maryland back to national prominence following difficult years. By March 2010, Williams was the fifth-winningest active coach in the country and the third-winningest coach all-time in the ACC (behind only Dean Smith and
Mike Krzyzewski). In 2002, Williams led the Terrapins to the program's first national championship, defeating Indiana, 64–52. Williams retired in May 2011 and Mark Turgeon was hired from Texas A&M to be his successor. •
NCAA National Champions: 2002 •
NCAA Final Fours: 2001, 2002 •
NCAA Tournament appearances: 1958, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1983 - 1986, 1994 - 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021 •
Conference Champions: 1932, 1975, 1980, 1995, 2002, 2010, 2020 •
Conference Tournament Champions: 1931, 1958, 1984, 2004
Women's basketball Maryland Terrapins women's basketball has become one of the most celebrated sports on campus, due to significant success in the
Brenda Frese era. After experiencing a period of national prominence under head coach,
Chris Weller in the 1980s, including a pair of trips to the Final Four in 1982 and 1989, the Maryland Terrapins reached their full potential in 2006, winning the NCAA National Championship. In the
ACC, Maryland was regularly a threat to win regular season and conference tournament championships, doing so on five and ten occasions, respectively. Since joining the
Big Ten in the 2014–2015 season, Maryland has featured in every Big Ten tournament Championship game (as of 2021), winning five titles, and has won six of seven regular season championships. •
NCAA National Champions: 2006 •
NCAA/AIAW Final Fours: 1978, 1982, 1989, 2006, 2014, 2015 •
NCAA/AIAW Tournament Appearances: 1978 - 1984, 1986, 1988 - 1993, 1997, 2001, 2004 - 2009, 2011 - 2019, 2021 •
Conference Champions: 1979, 1982, 1988, 1989, 2009, 2015 - 2017, 2019–2021 •
Conference Tournament Champions: 1978, 1979, 1981 - 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 2009, 2012, 2015 - 2017, 2020, 2021
Field hockey The Maryland Terrapins field hockey team is among the most accomplished field hockey programs in the country, and have won a total of eight
NCAA national championships and 16 conference championships (10 in the ACC and 6 in the Big Ten). •
NCAA National Champions: 1987, 1993, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011 •
NCAA Final Fours: 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999 - 2001, 2003 - 2006, 2008 - 2013, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022 •
NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1978 - 1984, 1986, 1988 - 1993, 1997, 2001, 2004 - 2019, 2021, 2022 •
Conference Champions: 1992, 1998 - 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008 - 2010, 2013 - 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022
Football An unofficial football team composed of Maryland Agricultural College students played games against local high schools in 1890 and 1891. The following year, the school lent its support, which marked
the official establishment of the Maryland football program in 1892. The football team has continued to the present day with the exception of a brief hiatus in 1895. In 1894, former Maryland coach and player
William W. Skinner spearheaded the formation of the
Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association, which served to award the state football championship. Maryland hired
D. John Markey as its first paid football coach in 1902.
H. C. "Curley" Byrd, who eventually served as the
university president from 1936 to 1953, began his playing career on the team in 1905. In 1911, Byrd was appointed as the head football coach, and he served in that position through 1934. During his tenure, Byrd was instrumental in growing support of the program, and in 1915 successfully requisitioned funding for the school's
first stadium. In his position as university president, he was also responsible for building the school's current football facility,
Maryland Stadium. In 1945,
Paul "Bear" Bryant began his long and distinguished career as a head football coach at the University of Maryland. The following year, he was replaced by
Jim Tatum, a pioneer of the
split T. Maryland football achieved
its greatest success under Tatum, who compiled a 73–15–4 record without a single losing season, and to date, he remains the winningest Maryland coach of the modern era. NCAA recognized selectors awarded Maryland the national football championship in 1951 and 1953. During Tatum's tenure from 1946 to 1955, Maryland also secured one Southern Conference championship and two Atlantic Coast Conference championships.
Jerry Claiborne became head coach in 1972, and led Maryland to three consecutive ACC championships from 1974 to 1976. The Terrapins finished the 1976 regular season with an undefeated 11–0 record, but lost to
Houston in the
Cotton Bowl Classic, which ended national championship speculation.
Bobby Ross replaced Claiborne in 1982, and he repeated the feat of three consecutive ACC championships from 1983 to 1985. In 1984, Maryland quarterback
Frank Reich led the Terrapins to the then greatest halftime comeback against the defending national champions,
Miami. After a long bowl game drought,
Ralph Friedgen was hired as head coach in 2001, and in his first season, led Maryland to the ACC championship and its first
Bowl Championship Series game appearance. The football program has secured two NCAA-recognized
national championships, nine
ACC championships, two
Southern Conference championships, eleven consensus
All-America honors, and twenty-four
bowl game appearances. Maryland possesses the third-most ACC championships with nine, which places them behind
Clemson (13) and
Florida State (12). Many former Terrapins players and coaches have gone on to
careers in professional football including 15 first-round
NFL draft picks. The team has produced the National Player of the Year/
Tewaaraton Award winner eight times, more than any other collegiate program. The Terrapins have also made the most NCAA tournament appearances, won the most tournament games, and made the most NCAA championship game appearances of any program. •
National Champions: 1981, 1986, 1992, 1995–2001, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019 •
NCAA Final Fours: 1984–1986, 1990–2001, 2003, 2009–2019 •
NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1983–1987, 1990–2019, 2021 •
Conference Champions: 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2007–2011, 2013–2019 •
Conference Tournament Champions: 1997, 1999–2001, 2003, 2009–2014, 2016–18
Men's soccer The Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team has won four
NCAA Division I College Cup national championships, most recently in 2018. Under the guidance of head coach
Sasho Cirovski, the soccer team has reached nine Final Fours and won three College Cups since 1997. The soccer team has developed a large, devoted fan base among students and the local community. The attendance record at Ludwig Field was set in 2015 when 8,449 fans saw Maryland win over top-ranked UCLA in extra time. The annual total attendance increased dramatically from 12,710 in 1995 to 35,631 in 2008. •
NCAA National Champions: 1968, 2005, 2008, 2018 •
NCAA College Cups: 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1998, 2002 - 2005, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2018 •
NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1959 - 1964, 1967 - 1971, 1973, 1976, 1986, 1994 - 1999, 2001 -
2020 •
Conference Champions: 1949 - 1951, 1953 - 1968, 1971, 2012 -
2014,
2016,
2022 •
Conference Tournament Champions: 1996, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2012 -
2016 Women's soccer Since their season in 1987, the Terrapins women's soccer team has made 13 NCAA tournament appearances and reached 2 quarterfinals in 1995 and 1996.
Softball The Terrapins softball team began play in 1995. The team has made four NCAA Tournament appearances in 1999, 2010, 2011, and 2012. The current head coach is
Julie Wright.
Wrestling Prior to joining the Big Ten in 2014, the Terrapins wrestling team won more ACC team championships than any other school in the conference, winning their 24th ACC title in 2012. The 2012 ACC championship is the Terps' fourth in the past five years. Maryland has finished in the top 20 at the NCAA Championships each year since the 2010 season and produced multiple all Americans since 2009, a school record. Two-time NCAA champion and two-time Olympian
Kerry McCoy was head coach for eleven years until 2019. The
XFINITY Center is the arena for the Terrapin Wrestling team. Maryland has had over 200 ACC Champions, 2 NCAA National Champions, and 18 NCAA All-Americans. In 2010 Hudson Taylor became Maryland's first three-time all American with his fourth-place finish at 197 pounds. Spencer Myers became Maryland's first freshman in 2011 when he earned all American status with his sixth-place finish at heavyweight. The first wrestling team started in 1940 competed in the Southern Conference, with Paul McNeil becoming the Terps' first champion that same year at 175 pounds. In 2014, Jimmy Sheptock had one of the greatest runs in Maryland wrestling history, with a 32–1 record, ACC Championship, and the first Maryland wrestler to obtain a number one seed at the NCAA Championships, where he was runner-up to
Ed Ruth. The Maryland
wrestling team was dominant in the ACC throughout the 1950s and 1960s and returned to claim two more conference titles in the late 2000s. However, in its first season in the Big Ten, Maryland failed to win a Big Ten dual meet. After 13 tries, Maryland finally won its first Big Ten dual meet January 10, 2016, against
Michigan State. In April 2019, former Edinboro wrestler and Missouri assistant Alex Clemsen was named head coach. During the 2022–23 season, a 4–0 start that included an upset of Pittsburgh gave the Terrapins their first win against a ranked opponent and national ranking for the first time since 2013, when Maryland was in the ACC. ==Notable non-varsity sports==