[2] In January 2011, UD announced that men's cross country and outdoor track & field teams would be reclassified to club status, while women's golf would be added.

[3] On November 20, 2016, the Delaware women's field hockey team won the 2016 NCAA Division I championship, defeating North Carolina, 3–2.

The women's basketball team went undefeated in CAA play in the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons under head coach Tina Martin and All-American and future two-time WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne.

Delaware women's cumulative NCAA tournament record is 3–4, the three wins being by the group of seniors Elena Delle Donne, Lauren Carra, Danielle Parker, Kayla Miller, Chelsea Craig and Jaquetta May who won 104 games together (some missing some games due to injuries).

In 2007, the Delaware Blue Hens returned to the championship game, but were defeated by defending champion Appalachian State.

Delaware is one of only two schools to have three straight head coaches inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame (Georgia Tech is the other).

[8] However, by that time, CHA had already announced plans to merge with the men-only Atlantic Hockey Association after the 2023–24 season.

[9][10] On April 30, 2024, the merged conference was unveiled as Atlantic Hockey America, with Delaware joining on the previously announced 2025–26 schedule.

Since then, the lightweight program has gained national recognition; however, they are no longer racing via invitation in the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges' championship, the EARC Sprints.

For the heavyweight men, the varsity have reached the finals of the Dad Vail Regatta in 1994, 1995, 1996, 2006, 2010, and 2011 with the crews medaling in 1994, 1996, 2010, and 2011.

Founded in 1972, the University of Delaware Rugby Football Club plays in the East Conference of Division 1-A.

Delaware reached the semifinals of the 2011 Las Vegas Invitational, the largest amateur rugby competition in the US, where they were led by star player Jimmy Kowalski.