Timeline of Varsity Sports Offerings




Binghamton University Athletics: Timeline of Varsity Sports Added

 

1946-47: Inaugural sports activities had been Men’s Basketball, Men’s Track & discipline, Men’s Tennis

1947-48: Baseball (discontinued between 1953-61)

1950-51: Men’s Cross Country

1954-55: Men’s Golf (discontinued between 1974-88)

1959-60: Men’s Swimming & Diving

1960-61: Men’s Soccer

1969-70: Wrestling, Women’s Swimming & Diving and Men’s Fencing (discontinued after 1976)

1971-72: Women’s Volleyball

1972-73: Women’s Tennis

1973-74: Women’s Basketball

1974-75: Women’s Fencing (discontinued after 1976)

1977-78: Women’s Cross Country, Women’s Track & Field

1978-79: Softball

1985-86: Women’s Soccer

1988-89: Men’s Ice Hockey (discontinued after 1992), Men’s Golf

2001-02: Men’s Lacrosse, Women’s Lacrosse (added as Binghamton elevated to NCAA Division I)

Feb. 20, 2026: Women’s Flag Football (to start in 2027-28 as college’s 22nd varsity sport)

 












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