Team National Championships
47
Individual National Championships
16
Eight Terrapin programs have combined to win a total of 47 national championships for the University of Maryland. The Terrapins' winning tradition (in the NCAA) started in 1953 when the Maryland football team was declared National Champions. The Maryland men's lacrosse team won its 13th national title in 2022, becoming the first men's lacrosse team in NCAA history to finish with a perfect 18-0 record.
Maryland's tradition of winning NCAA national championships began with football. Under the guidance of head coach Jim Tatum, the Terrapins won their first national championship in 1953 in a record of 10-1.
Maryland is one of just two schools in history to have won the NCAA championship in both men's and women's basketball.
Head coach Gary Williams' men's basketball team captured the 2002 NCAA title by defeating Indiana 64-52. The Terps finished the season with a 32-4 record, the best winning percentage in school history (.889).
Under head coach Brenda Frese and a talented group of young players, the Maryland women's basketball team won the 2006 NCAA championship by defeating Duke in thrilling overtime battle 78-75 and finished the year ranked number one in the nation for the first time in the program's history.
Head Coach Sasho Cirovski led the men's soccer team to three NCAA national titles since 2005. The Terps defeated New Mexico in the 2005 finals 1-0 and captured the 2008 title by defeating North Carolina 1-0. Most recently, the Terrapins topped Akron, 1-0, in 2018.
Maryland owns four NCAA titles in men's lacrosse, most recently capturing the championship with a 9-7 win over Cornell in 2022 to cap off an undefeated 18-0 season. The Terps won the tournament in 1973 after capping a perfect season (defeated Johns Hopkins, 10-9 in overtime), winning in 1975 by defeating Navy, 20-13 in the title game, and topping Ohio State, 9-6, in 2017. The Terps won USILA national titles nine times, including back-to-back titles in 1936-37 and 1955-56.
Women's lacrosse has a total of 15 NCAA national championships. The first NCAA title was won in 1986 and a title in 1992 was followed by seven consecutive titles from 1995-2001. Maryland returned the title to College Park in 2010 with a 13-11 win over Northwestern. The Terps then won four titles in a span of six years (2014, 2015, 2017, 2019) to reclaim their dominance at the top of women's lacrosse landscape.
Team National Championships
| Sport |
Championships |
| Women's Lacrosse (15) |
1981 (AIWA), 1986, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019 |
| Men's Lacrosse (13) |
1928 (USILA), 1936 (USILA) 1937 (USILA), 1939 (USILA), 1940 (USILA), 1955 (USILA), 1956 (USILA), 1959 (USILA), 1967 (USILA), 1973, 1975, 2017, 2022 |
| Field Hockey (8) |
1987, 1993, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011 |
| Competitive Cheer (4) |
2006 (NCA), 2007 (NCA), 2008 (NCA), 2010 (NCA) |
| Men's Soccer (4) |
1968, 2005, 2008, 2018 |
| Women's Basketball (1) |
2006 |
| Men's Basketball (1) |
2002 |
| Football (1) |
1953 |
Individual National Championships
| Men's Indoor Track & Field (5) |
| Frank Costello |
High Jump (1965) |
| Mike Cole |
Long Jump (1965) |
| Buddy Williamson |
Pole Vault (1970) |
| Renaldo Nehemiah |
60-Yd. Hurdles (1978) |
| Renaldo Nehemiah |
60-Yd. Hurdles (1979) |
| Men's Outdoor Track & Field (3) |
| John Belitza |
Pole Vault (1962) |
| Frank Costello |
High Jump (1965) |
| Renaldo Nehemiah |
110 Hurdles (1979) |
| Rifle (1) |
| Irene Knox |
1932 (119 of 120 shots hit bullseye) |
| Boxing (5) |
| Ben Alperstein |
135 lbs. (1937), 125 lbs. (1938) |
| Gary Garber |
119 lbs. (1954) |
| Vince Palumbo |
132 lbs. (1954, 1955) |
| Wrestling (2) |
| Bob Kopinsky |
157 lbs. (1965) |
| Gobel Kline |
152 lbs. (1969) |
