[2] The Cougars men's basketball program has yielded two national championship teams as members of the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association, winning in 1979 and in 2009.

The Cougars women's basketball team won one national championship in 2000 and six silver medals, most recently in 2004, while competing in the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association.

[9] The team won their first playoffs series in 2020 after defeating the Saskatchewan Huskies in the quarter-final and then went on to beat the Calgary Dinos in the semi-final before losing the Canada West final to the Alberta Pandas.

However, due to their strong season, the Cougars were awarded an at-large berth in the 2019 U Sports Men's Volleyball Championship tournament, which was their first ever appearance in the national event.

The Cougars women's volleyball team won one CCAA national championship in 2011 and 14 ACAC titles prior to the 2012 move to the Canada West Universities Athletic Association.

[7] In their first season in Canada West in 2012–13, the team qualified for the playoffs and defeated the UBC Okanagan Heat before losing to the Alberta Pandas in the conference semi-finals.

[17] The team was unable to again advance past the first round of the playoffs until 2020 when the Cougars won the conference bronze medal and qualified for their first U Sports national tournament in 2020.