Warner competes in 19 intercollegiate varsity sports
Football The university added football for the 2013 season. The team initially played as an
NAIA Independent program with a mixed schedule of NAIA,
NCAA Division II and
NCAA Division I FCS competition. The Royals left independent status after the inaugural season when The Sun Conference announced football as a conference sport starting in the
2014 season. After two seasons, the conference announced a football merger with the
Mid-South Conference in 2016. Warner and the other conference rivals became affiliate members in the Mid-South, participating in the Sun Division for football. Their football team gained national recognition after losing 98–0 to Stephen F. Austin on September 24, 2022.
Men's volleyball Warner University was the first college/university to offer a varsity men's volleyball program in the state of Florida. The men's volleyball program participates in the
SEC conference. The program initially competed in the
Mid-America Men's Volleyball Intercollegiate Conference (MAMVIC). The program made back-to-back appearances in the NAIA Men's Volleyball National Invitational Tournament in 2011 and 2012. ==References==