, the 4,800-seat facility houses the Maverick basketball, volleyball and wrestling teams. The MNSU Admissions office is also located here and the 5,000 square-foot Hall of Champions showcases the university's proud history. In addition to MNSU athletic events and other sporting activities, Taylor Center also hosts MNSU commencement ceremonies, major concerts and lectures The Minnesota State Mavericks athletics program fields 8 men's sports and 10 women's sports teams. The men's sports teams include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, ice hockey, track and field and wrestling. The women's teams include basketball, cross country, golf, ice hockey, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, and volleyball. In addition, the athletics program includes the athletic marching band called the
Maverick Machine, competitive dance and noncompetitive cheerleading.
Baseball The men's baseball team has had considerable success in recent years, reaching the
College World Series in 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2014. The baseball team has finished the 2011–2014 seasons with average winning percentages points at 0.750 or above. Top players who helped lead the Mavericks to a second-place at the Division II Baseball World Series in 2013 in included righthanded pitcher Jason Hoppe who set the NCAA single-season record with 55 1/3 consecutive scoreless innings streak and righthanded pitcher Harvey Martin who was named national pitcher of the year by Rawlings/ABCA, Daktronics and the NCBWA and was named First Team All-American by those three organizations. Martin went 9–1 and had a 2.06 earned run average as a senior. In 2013 they finished as runners-up to the
University of Tampa. The team is currently coached by Matt Magers.
Football The
Minnesota State football team plays in
NCAA Division II and is a member of the
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. Since 1962, they have played in
Blakeslee Stadium, with a natural grass field and a capacity of 7,000. The current head coach is
Todd Hoffner, who has led Minnesota State to numerous NCAA playoff appearances and two appearance in the NCAA National Championship game in 2014 and 2019. Minnesota State alumni who have gone on to the
NFL include wide receiver
Adam Thielen, offensive lineman
Chris Reed, and tight end Bob Bruer.
Men's basketball in 2024 The Mavericks notably lost in the finals of the
1947 NAIB tournament to
Marshall University by a score of 73 to 59. Minnesota State is currently coached by Matt Margenthaler, the school's all-time winningest men's basketball coach who is a 1991 Western Illinois graduate that has guided the Mavericks to a 330–133 mark for a .713 winning percentage, seven conference championships and 11 NCAA tournament appearances in his 15 years with program. In 2024, they won the
NCAA Division II tournament a day after the women's team won their championship, making them the first school in four decades to win the men's and women's Division II championships in the same year.
Women's basketball The women's basketball team won the 2009 NCAA Division II national championship with a 103–94 win over
Franklin Pierce University on March 27, 2009, in
San Antonio, Texas. The combined score of the game (197 points) established a championship tournament record for most points in a game by two teams. In 2024, the Mavericks won their second national championship by defeating
Texas Woman's University by a score of 89-73. Carter became the first former Maverick to have his name engraved into the
Stanley Cup, as a member of the
2007 Stanley Cup-winning
Anaheim Ducks.
David Backes became the first former Maverick to be selected to the U.S. Olympic Team for men's hockey and won a silver medal during the
2010 Winter Olympics.
Women's ice hockey Minnesota State's women's hockey team commenced play in 1998. Their current head coach is John Harrington. Prior to Harrington, they had several other head coaches including Eric Means and Jeff Vizenor.
Softball Minnesota State's softball team was led by longtime head coach
Lori Meyer, who coached the Mavericks from 1985 to 2025. Under Meyer, Minnesota State has won one
NCAA Division II softball tournament national championship (2017), three North Central Conference titles (1987, 1989, 2007) and five Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference titles (2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017), made 18 trips to the NCAA Division II National Tournament (1987, 1989, 1995, 1997, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2025) and three trips to the NCAA Championships (1987, 2011 and 2017). Minnesota State appeared in one
Women's College World Series in 1975. She finished her career with 1,444 career wins, becoming the winningest softball coach in NCAA Division II history.
Track and field Junior pole vaulter Katelin Rains claimed her second NCAA Division II indoor pole vault championship and was named the USTFCCCA National Field Athlete of the Year. She hails from the same high school as former Maverick and U.S. Olympian
David Backes, both attended
Spring Lake Park High School in
Spring Lake Park, Minnesota. In 2010, senior Denise Mokaya won the Division II Indoor NCAA National Championship in the 800m, winning in 1:51.41 ==National championships==