[1] FIU's baseball team began play in 1973 as a Division II member and is one of the most successful programs in the school's history.

FIU's most notable baseball alumni is Mike Lowell, former third baseman of the New York Yankees, Florida Marlins, and Boston Red Sox.

[4][5][6][7] The current head coach of the FIU men's basketball team is Jeremy Ballard, who was hired on April 20, 2018.

The Panthers lost the game to the Bruins by the score of 92–56, being the first tournament win in UCLA's successful run to the National Championship that year.

FIU alumni who have played in the National Basketball Association include Carlos Arroyo and Raja Bell.

The women's basketball team plays their home games on-campus at the Ocean Bank Convocation Center.

They are led by head coach Willie Simmons and play at Pitbull Stadium on FIU's Westchester campus.

On August 29, 2002, the program played its first game at home against Saint Peter's College in front of a sold-out crowd of 17,314.

The FIU football team's main rivals are the Florida Atlantic Owls and the University of Miami Hurricanes.

The game is named after former Miami Dolphins head coach and Football Hall of Fame inductee Don Shula.

In 1982, FIU beat Southern Connecticut State by the score of 2–1, to win the school's first national title in any sport.

Two years later the Panthers won their second national title beating Seattle Pacific University 1–0.

FIU Rugby has improved since hiring Head Coach Ronny Suarez in late spring 2015, defeating two-time D1-AA national champions Central Florida in October 2015.

[citation needed] During Pitbull Stadium's reconstruction, the Panthers football team played at the Miami Orange Bowl in the 2007 season, and actually won the final college football game played at the stadium before it was demolished to make way for the new Marlins Park.

Other events such as MTV's Campus Invasion, the Miss Universe Contest, National Political Rallys, music concerts, ceremonies and fairs are also held year-round at the arena.