Beginning Dates of Michigan Varsity Sports
| Men's Sports | Women's Sports | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Sport | Year | Sport | |
| 186/66 | Baseball | 1973/74 | Field Hockey | |
| 1878/79 | Football | 1973/74 | Volleyball | |
| 1892/93 | Tennis | 1973/74 | Basketball | |
| 1895/96 | Track (Outdoor) | 1973/74 | Tennis | |
| 1908/09 | Basketball (1) | 1973/74 | Swimming and Diving | |
| 1917/18 | Track (Indoor) | 1973/74 | Synchronized Swimming (6) | |
| 1919/20 | Cross Country (2) | 1975/76 | Gymnastics | |
| 1919/20 | Golf | 1977/78 | Golf | |
| 1922/23 | Swimming and Diving (3) | 1977/78 | Softball | |
| 1922/23 | Wrestling (3) | 1977/78 | Track (Outdoor) | |
| 1922/23 | Hockey (3) | 1977/78 | Track (Indoor) | |
| 1927/28 | Fencing (4) | 1979/80 | Cross Country | |
| 1930/31 | Gymnastics (5) | 1994/95 | Soccer | |
| 2000/01 | Soccer | 1996/97 | Rowing | |
| 2012/13 | Lacrosse | 2000/01 | Water Polo | |
| 20013/14 | Lacrosse | |||
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| Notes 1 - Basketball was a varsity sport for one season, 1908/09, then discontinued when Michigan left the Western Conference. Varsity competition was resumed in 1917/18 when Michigan re-joined the conference. 2 - Michigan did not field a varsity team between 1933 and 1970, but several runners did compete as individuals in the Big Ten meet during the period. Cross Country returned to varsity status in 1971. 3) At its December 1922 meeting the Board In Control of Intercollegiate Athletics voted to make hockey, swimming and wrestling varsity sports. Hockey and swimming began varsity competition in January 1923. Wrestling would not start varsity competition until the 1923/24 season. Students had organized "informal varsity teams" for each sport for one or more years before attaining official varsity status. 4 - Fencing was a varsity sport for eight seasons, 1928-1933. 5 - Gymnastics was dropped as a varsity sport after the 1933 season. It was reestablished in 1947/48. 6 - Synchronized Swimming was one of the original women's varsity sports but was discontinued when the Michigan women's athletic program joined the Big Ten Conference in 1982. | ||||