The Longhorns leave the Big 12 with two Directors' Cups, 29 national titles, and 231 conference titles (with opportunities at more)

The Texas Longhorns joined the Big 12 ahead of the 1996 fall sports season after leaving the Southwest Conference. In the almost 28 years since the Longhorns went through the mid-1990s round of conference realignment, Texas has brought in 29 national championships and 231 Big 12 regular season and tournament titles since joining the league.

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Before the Longhorns join the Southeastern Conference on July 1, Texas has an opportunity to add more Big 12 titles in baseball and rowing, plus national titles in baseball, men’s and women’s golf, softball, men’s and women’s track, men’s and women’s tennis, and rowing.

The Longhorns have the chance to win a third Directors’ Cup this year pending the results of the postseason in those nine sports. A third Directors’ Cup since the 2020-21 athletics season would be the most recent indication of the dominance the Longhorn athletic department has shown over the past few years.

With a few more sports still contending for championships, Inside Texas looks at how many conference and national titles the Longhorns have won as members of the Big 12.

Directors’ Cups (2)

Champions: 2020-21, 2021-22

Runner-up finishes: 2001-02, 2002-03, 2004-05, 2022-23

Top 10s: 1996-97, 1999-00, 2003-04, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2011-12, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19

National championships (29)

• 1998 Women’s indoor track
• 1998 Women’s outdoor track
• 1999 Women’s indoor track
• 1999 Women’s outdoor track
• 2000 Men’s swimming and diving
• 2001 Men’s swimming and diving
• 2002 Baseball
• 2002 Men’s swimming and diving
• 2005 Baseball
• 2005 Women’s outdoor track
• 2005 Football
• 2010 Men’s swimming and diving
• 2012 Men’s golf
• 2012 Volleyball
• 2015 Men’s swimming and diving
• 2016 Men’s swimming and diving
• 2017 Men’s swimming and diving
• 2018 Men’s swimming and diving
• 2019 Men’s tennis
• 2021 Men’s swimming and diving
• 2021 Rowing
• 2021 Women’s tennis
• 2022 Men’s indoor track
• 2022 Women’s tennis
• 2022 Rowing
• 2022 Men’s golf
• 2022 Volleyball
• 2023 Women’s outdoor track
• 2023 Volleyball

Big 12 Championships
Football (4)

Championships: 1996, 2005, 2009, 2023

Men’s basketball (5)

Regular season: 1999, 2006, 2008

Tournament: 2021, 2023

Baseball (15)

Regular season: 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2023

Tournament: 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2015

Men’s golf (9)

Championships: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2024

Men’s swimming and diving (28)

Championships: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Men’s tennis (17)

Regular season: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024

Tournament: 1997, 1999, 2006, 2010, 2018, 2024

Cross country

Championships: none

Men’s indoor track (10)

Championships: 1999, 2006, 2007 (tie), 2008, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022

Men’s outdoor track (11)

Championships: 1997, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2024

Women’s basketball (6)

Regular season: 2003, 2004, 2023

Tournament: 2003, 2022, 2024

Women’s golf (8)

Championships: 1997, 2004, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024

Rowing (12)

Championships: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023

Soccer (5)

Regular season: 2001, 2022

Tournament: 2006, 2007, 2023

Softball (9)

Regular season:  2002, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2024

Tournament: 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005

Women’s swimming and diving (22)

Championships: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Women’s tennis (25)

Regular season: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023

Tournament: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023

Women’s cross country

Championships: none

Women’s indoor track (14)

Championships: 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024

Women’s outdoor track (15)

Championships: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

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Volleyball (16)

Championships: 1997, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023