As of 06/24/2024 The national championship count is as follows.

Texas now boasts 66 all-time National Championships (62 NCAA crowns) and four AIAW crowns. This is an impressive feat for the Longhorns, who rank fourth in the number of national championships after Stanford, UCLA, and USC.

In 1985-1986 the Women won the National Championships in swimming, diving, indoor and outdoor track, basketball, and cross country. Most championships ever for sports in the history of UT.

National Championship by Coach in numerical order including Pre NCAA championships as of 2021:

16- Coach Reese men's swimming- 1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2015, 2016,2017, 2018, 2020, 2021)

6- Coach Quick Women's swimming -1982, 1984,1985,1986, 1987, 1988,

6- Coach Kearney (outdoor and indoor track in the same year or counted separately) 1998,1999,2005,2006

5- Coach Crawford (outdoor and indoor track in the same year or counted separately) 1982, 1986,1988,1990

1- Coach Edrick Floréal women’s outdoor champion - 2023

3- DKR 1963, 1969, and 1970

2- Coach Falk baseball 1949 and 1950

2- Coach Gustafson baseball 1975 and 1983

2- Coach Garrido 2002 and 2005

2- Coach Hannon men's golf 1971 and 1972

2- Coach Schubert women's swimming 1990 and 1991

1- Coach Bruce Berque men’s tennis 2019

2- Coach Jeff Moore women's tennis 1993 and 1995

2- Howard Joffe women’s tennis 2021-2022

2- Mick Haley women’s volleyball 1981, 1988

1- Coach Brown football 2005

1- Coach Conradt women's basketball 1986

1- Coach Bergen women's swimming 1981

1- Coach Crawford cross country track

1- Edrick Floréal - Indoor track and field

2- Coach Elliot women's volley ball 2012, 2022, 2023

2- Coach John Field Golf 2012, 2022

2- Dave O'Neill rowing - 2021, 2022, 2024

National Championships by Sport

Baseball (6): 1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, 2002, 2005

Women's Basketball (1): 1986

Women's Cross Country (1): 1986

Football (4): 1963 (AP, UPI, FWAA, NFF), 1969 (AP, UPI, FWAA, NFF), 1970 (UPI, NFF), 2005 (AP, Coaches, FWAA, NFF)

Men's Golf (4): 1971, 1972, 2012, 2022

Men's Swimming (16): 1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2010.2015.2016,2017,2018,2021, 2022

Women's Swimming (9): 1981, 1982, 1984,1985,1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991

Men’s tennis (1) - 2019

Mens Indoor track (1): 2022

Rowing (2) 2021, 2022

Women's Tennis (4): 1993, 1995, 2021, 2022

Women's Indoor Track (6): 1986, 1988, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2006

Women's Outdoor Track (4): 1986, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2023

Women's Volleyball (3):1981, 1988, 2012, 2022, 2023

volleyball

National Champions , 1981, 1988, 2012, 2022, and 2023

NCAA Tournament champion runner-up in 2009, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2023,

More about Coach Elliot at https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/coach-jerritt-elliot .

Football

Texas has been a national champion in football nine times, according to the Official NCAA Football Record Book, which names every team to which a “major” selector awards a championship. According to that publication, the champions were 1914, 1941, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1977, 1981, and 2005.

According to Wikipedia, Texas has been recognized 15 times as football national champions in media and/or institutional formats.

• 4 times acknowledged by Texas and the NCAA (1963, 1969, 1970, 2005),

• 5 times recognized by the NCAA but not acknowledged by UT (1914, 1941, 1968, 1977, and 1981), and

• 6 times crowned as National Champion by some national rating services but not recognized by Texas or the NCAA. ( 1918, 1930, 1945, 1947, 1950, and 2008). 

NCAA and Texas recognized national champions

Baseball

Men's swimming

Swimming NCAA Championship (1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021,2022)

Women's swimming 

The Longhorn Women's Swim Team Has Won 9 National Champions, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987,1988, 1990, and 1991

Womens Basketball

Coach Jody Conradt - 1976-2007

• 783-245 win loss record

• 5- Elite 8 appearances

• 3- Sweet 16 appearances

• 1- National Championship

• 2- Final 4 appearances

Men's Golf- National Champions 1971, 1972, 2012, 2022

2022

Rowing 2021, 2022, 2024

Mens Tennis - 2019

Womens Tennis - National Champions 1993, 1995, 2021, 2022

Women's Track 

If anyone has a team picture of the National championship teams,  I would like to add to the site to complete the story of women's track. I can't find any team pictures.

Indoor National Championships (6):

1986, 1988, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2006

Women Outdoor track National Championships (4):

1982 (AIAW), 1986, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2024

Volleyball

National Championship 1988, 2012, 2022

Softball

They reached the Women’s College World Series (WCWS) seven times (1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2022, 2024) (wikipedia.org)

HAS STEVE WORSTER BEEN FORGOTTEN?

 by Larry Carlson   https:// texaslsn.org

This summer's news that Longhorn greats Dan Neil and Michael Huff are on the ballot for next year's voting for the College Football Hall of Fame was welcome.  Appropriate. 

But I cannot understand for the life of me, how Steve Worster is not already in the HOF, and appears to have disappeared from consideration.  It makes no sense.

Worster, who died two years ago at 73, defined the wishbone fullback position and was simply the best to ever play the position in that revolutionary formation.  Anywhere.

The sturdy Longhorn whose name adorned the 1967 signing class at UT, known forevermore as "The Worster Bunch," spearheaded the 'bone when it was born in 1968, his soph year and first season of eligibility.  The Bridge City bruiser ran over folks for three years, his Texas teams winning 30 straight games and capturing two national titles and three Southwest Conference championships.

He was twice an All-American and was a consensus first-team All-SWC choice all three years he played.

The face of Longhorn football, mighty "Woo" set the pace for greats who would follow in his large, deep footsteps.

Several of Worster's Texas teammates were long ago inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.  Backfield mate Chris Gilbert is in.  So are superlative blockers Bob McKay and Jerry Sisemore.

The best of UT's ground-gainers from yesteryear – Earl Campbell, Ricky Williams, Jimmy Saxton and Roosevelt Leaks – are Hall of Famers, as they should be.

Other legendary men who wore the burnt orange, including Vince Young, Tommy Nobis, Johnnie Johnson, Ken Sims, Steve McMichael, Jerry Gray and Derrick Johnson...all are present and accounted for, as are the hosses and bosses of pre-DKR football such as Bobby Layne, Harrison Stafford and Bud McFadin.

How in the hell is Worster not there?  

Somebody, get Chris Del Conte on the phone.  The UT powers that be need to tend to business with the sport's big dogs and fat cats on this unseemly oversight.  Let's face it.  The College Football Hall of Fame is diminished by the absence of the matchless Steve Worster. 

(TLSN's Larry Carlson is a member of the Football Writers Association of America.  He teaches sports media at Texas State University and lives in San Antonio.)

 HOW LONG IS THE SHELF LIFE OF A LONGHORN SPORTS ACCOMPLISHMENT?

iN 2019 the 1969 Longhorn football team celebrated the 50th anniversary of the National Championship at the Kansas game.  While I did not attend the event, I was there in spirit with emotions reflective of a 70-year-old man trying to remain relevant in a youth-based society.     

As my 69, 70, and 71-year-old teammates stepped onto the field at DKR stadium to celebrate their accomplishments, I asked myself a theoretical question. If the same situation occurred when I was a young man in 1969, would I be impressed with the 1919 Longhorns winning a national championship 50 years ago? I answered this theoretical question but have chosen not to share.  

 For 30 years, I told the story of the 1969 and 1970 national championship teams to anyone who would listen.  I no longer do so.   With a sense of humor intended, in 1999, I realized for the first time that my stories were ancient history to many/most Longhorn fans.  My sports shelf life was over 🙂  Fans had moved on from being impressed with my stories to being impressed that  I am still alive and healthy.

STEVE ROSS RESPONDS TO SHELF LIFE COMMENT BY BILLY DALE

STEVE ROSS WITH COACH AKERS

Interesting topic Billy, one that I have pondered over the years. College football has spent most of its lifetime as a regional sport. In that you can be a college football fan, but the history and memories that drive alumni and fans back to the stands year after year are regionally based.

 My first experience at a Longhorn game was as a a 7-year old sitting in the knot-hole section of the north end zone with my older brother watching DKR's first Texas team play Tulane. There are parts of that experience that are still as fresh as if they happened yesterday. The night air, the lights, and the cool uniforms, on both sides. I can still see the Tulane helmets with a flashy wave on them.

 Pardon the pun, but I was hooked. My answer to your question is this. What separates the elite (Texas, Alabama, USC, Michigan, Ohio State, OU and a few others) is the history and the championships. They produced generations of dedicated fans who pass that dedication down to future generations.

 That "regional" dedication is fading, at least a little bit, IMO. Television, or more exactly, the money that follows TV. College Football is in danger of turning into the NFL 2.0.

 When the "Game of the Century" was played in Fayetteville, half of the nation (50 million people) tuned in. There were only 3 networks and you could only appear on TV 2 or 3 times a season. It was an event. Now every game is televised. The money is astounding. The UT Athletic Department's yearly revenue would make it one of the largest business in Austin. With money comes expectation. "Giving the old College Try" doesn't matter that much anymore. It's "Just Win Baby."

 At least that it what it looks like to this old man. Anyway my answer would be that you would value the contribution of the championship team 50 years later, because it helped to build the heritage and history that makes the program so attractive to many casual fans today.

Here are the 4 Longhorn National Champion quarterback busts on their pedestals. On the pillar will be the names of all the coaches, players, managers, and trainers. For those who played on one of these teams, please make sure your name and the names of your teammates are included and spelled correctly. In particular, the committee responsible for the detailed completion of this project believes that some manager and trainer names missing from the 1963 and 2005 pedestals.

Below is the link to the whole story behind the creation of the 4 Q.B. bust and the unveiling on September 9th, 2022.

https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/tlsn-podcast-nationalchampionship-quarterbacks

Texas is the only program in the NCAA with three USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year awards.

UT's Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-Americans

Christa Williams - Olympian

Cat Osterman - Olympian

Catherine Leigh Osterman is an American, former collegiate 4-time All-American and 2-time medal-winning Olympian, unretired 6-time pro All-Star, left-handed softball pitcher, and former softball Assistant Coach originally from Houston, Texas. She completed her college eligibility in 2006 at the University of Texas at Austin, where she was a starting pitcher for the Longhorns since 2002. Osterman pitched on the USA Women's Softball Team, which won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Osterman holds the Big 12 pitching Triple Crown for leading in career wins, ERA, strikeouts, shutouts, no-hitters, WHIP, and perfect games, claiming the NCAA Division I record for strikeout ratio. In the National Pro Fastpitch, Osterman is the career leader in strikeout ratio and no-hitters. She owns numerous other records for the Longhorns and within the NCAA Division I, where she is also one of five pitchers to strike out 1,000 batters with 100 wins, an ERA of under 1.00, and averaging double-digit strikeouts. Osterman is currently a member of Team USA softball and has qualified for the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics. In May 2020, she also signed to join a new softball pro league under Athletes Unlimited that will begin play in the fall. Osterman was also named #3 Greatest College Softball Player.

 Texas softball pitcher cat Osterman struck out seven university of Nevada Las Vegas batters to become the NCAA career strikeout record holder. Osterman who passed the previous mark of 1773 strikeouts early in her senior season finish your Longhorn career with 2265 strikeouts. In her Texas career which finished at the 2006 women's College World Series Osterman one 136 games and struck out 2.04 batters per inning in 1105 2/3 innings pitched.