Athletics have always been part of UCF culture as well as a source of great pride. In 1969, the then Florida Technological University was approved by the Florida State Board of Regents to have its first sports team - basketball - with intercollegiate play starting in the 1969-1970 season. From early play at area high school gyms to on campus state-of-the-art athletic facilities, sports at UCF have grown enormously currently operating sixteen intercollegiate teams as well as thirty University sports clubs. From 1994 to 2005, UCF not only made forty-seven NCAA appearances but in those last five, ten UCF sports played in their postseasons. With the opening of the new Wayne Densch Sports Center in 2005, new fieldhouse and practice fields, and the renovated UCF Arena and the on-campus football stadium both opening in the Fall of 2007, athletics at UCF continue to grow with each successful season.
From the guide to the University of Central Florida Athletics Collection, 1968-2007, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, )
