Miami is a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC)[3] and sponsors teams in nine men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports; the RedHawks hockey team is a member of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference.

[4] With sponsorship of men's swimming & diving transferring from the MAC to the Missouri Valley Conference in 2024–25, Miami will become a single-sport member of the latter.

[6][7] The team plays its home games at McKie Field at Hayden Park in Oxford, Ohio.

[9] The RedHawks on ice played in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association ("CCHA") before the original conference disbanded in 2013,[a] and fielded one of the best teams in the league in its last years.

In 2006, the RedHawks earned the first #1 national ranking in school history and were CCHA regular season champs.

Instead of playing in the Mid-American Conference ("MAC"), the mid-major conference most Miami varsity sports play in, the RedHawks competed against the larger schools of the CCHA such as the Michigan Wolverines and the Michigan State Spartans, who normally compete in the Big Ten.

That year the RedHawks captured their first #1 seed in school history and advanced to the quarterfinals in the NCAA tournament, losing to Boston College.

The team made it to the championship game and carried a 3–1 lead into the final minute before giving up 2 goals 6 on 5 with the opposition net empty, and ultimately lost in overtime on an unlucky deflection, 4–3 to college hockey powerhouse Boston University.

[12] After serving as the coach of Miami's program for 25 years, Vicki Korn announced her retirement in May 2009.

The men's and women's team compete in the National Collegiate Water Ski Association (NCWSA) in slalom, jump and trick events.

[16] The RedHawks lacrosse team plays home games in Yager Stadium located in Oxford, Ohio.

[20] The team competes from August to April each school year and has had regional and national medalists in the NCBA tournaments, as well as some boxers being named All-American.

In October 1988 the Michigan Department of Civil Rights issued a report suggesting that all schools using logos depicting native Americans drop them.

The report claimed that the use of such names, logos or mascots for athletic teams promoted racial stereotypes.

It was during the 1997–98 basketball season that the new mascot of Miami, Swoop the Redhawk, was revealed during a men's game against Xavier University on December 7th.