Kutztown University is a member of NCAA Division II and competes in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC).

[2] Kutztown won the Dixon Trophy in 2006, which is awarded to the PSAC school with the best overall athletic program that year.

In 2023, Kutztown made its deepest NCAA DII Championship tournament run in program history, reaching the national semifinals.

Clements came to Kutztown after serving as the head coach at Division III Delaware Valley College for eight years.

In 2019, Kutztown advanced to the NCAA Division II national semifinals, before falling to eventual champion West Chester.

[8] Kutztown has been a perrenial nationally ranked powerhouse in the PSAC and Division II field hockey the past many seasons.

In 2023, the Golden Bears won the NCAA Division II Field Hockey National Championship defeating East Stroudsburg University by a score of 2–1.

[9] Kutztown University's men's and women's cross country teams are under the direction of head coach Ray Hoffman, who has led the program since 1998.

PSAC Eastern Division Rookies of the Year (since 1991): PSAC Eastern Division Athletes of the Year (since 1991): Kutztown's newest varsity sport, women's acrobatics & tumbling, made its debut during the 2022 season, going 3–3 under first-year head coach Karah Paull.

Paull (formerly Naples) was an All-American as a student-athlete at Fairmont State and is working quickly to make the Golden Bears a contender.

[14] The Kutztown University women's swimming team is guided by head coach Tim Flannery, who has served in that position since 1996–97.

The Kutztown University wrestling team is led by head coach Robert Fisher, who has served in that role since 2000–01.

On March 14, 2008, former head coach Chris Blum became the fastest collegiate baseball coach to 200 career victories, when KU defeated California (Pa.) in Blum's 314th career game[17] Kutztown has won PSAC Eastern Division titles in 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2007; PSAC Championships in 1966, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2008; and has won the North Atlantic Regional tournament in 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2007.

[19] Ryan Vogelsong, a Golden Baseball alum, won a World Series title with the San Francisco Giants.

On May 30, 2022, pitcher Matt Swarmer became the fourth Kutztown University product to make his Major League Baseball debut, pitching six innings and recording a no decision in game one of a doubleheader against the Milwaukee Brewers.

Lawes also garnered the Dr. Dorothy Moyer Award in 1994, 1995, 2000, 2007 and 2008, which is presented to the KU Coach of the Year for women's athletics.

[20] Kutztown University's women's golf team is led by head coach Robert Fisher, who has served in the role since January 2002.

[21] Kutztown University's men's and women's tennis teams are under the direction of head coach Wyatt Pauley, who completed his first season in 2021–22.

[22] Kutztown University's Men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field teams are under the direction of head coach Ray Hoffman, who has led the program since the 2006–07 season.

The program has produced two NCAA Division II National Champions, Mike Cantrel (pole vault, 1987 indoors) and Tara Crozier (hammer, 1997 outdoors).

In February 2012, Kutztown beat Missouri and Miami–Ohio en route to reaching the semifinals at the Las Vegas Invitational.

Kutztown improved on their performance the following year, reaching the finals of the 2014 Collegiate Rugby Championship before losing to Cal 24–21.

[30] Kutztown has continued to see success in tournaments, including a national semifinals appearance in the 2019 Collegiate Rugby Championships, where they lost to eventual champion Lindenwood 30–12.