[4] The school submitted an application in May 2010 and in June 2010, received initial approval from the NCAA Division III Membership Committee to move forward with its transition.

[7] The UNO baseball team plays its home games at Maestri Field at Privateer Park.

Most of the early success belongs to Ron Maestri who led the team to the Division II World Series in 1974.

[8] During the tenure of Tom Walter, the Privateers made post-season appearances in 2007 (as an automatic qualifier) & 2008 (as an at-large).

On March 19, 1983, the Buck-ettes as they were known, won their third game in three days in Amarillo, Texas defeating Memphis 68–58 to win the Women's National Invitational Tournament.

Meligy and Campos received Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American honors in 2012 at the NCAA Division II level as part of the school's intended transition.

Both the men's and women's outdoor track and field teams hold their home meets at Tad Gormley Stadium.

Nicky Valenti, one of the school's all-time dig leaders and a native of River Ridge, La.

The volleyball program won the Sun Belt Conference West Division championship in 2009 under former head coach Jozsef Forman.

Former Privateer volleyball players include former NCAA Division I career kills leader Javonne Brooks.

Brooks broke the collegiate women's volleyball record for career kills in a 3–0 win over UT-Pan American on October 29, 1992.

The 5'10" senior from Wharton, Texas broke the old record 2,767 held by Long Beach State's Tara Cross.

The Privateers played two games in 1966, finishing 1–1, beating Spring Hill College for their first victory ever but losing 20–6 to Loyola once again.

In 1968 head coach Tom Gruber directed the Privateers to a 3–1 record, defeating cross-town rival Loyola to win the South District championship of the National Club Football Association.

In 1969 the Privateers, under new coach Dale Hoffpauir, again beat Loyola and finished 3–2–1, repeating as the South District champs and attaining a No.

UNO's Founding Chancellor Homer Hitt recalled the six years of Privateer football as a "kind of glory period for LSUNO.

UNO had considered expanding its football program to a fully funded level, but it was thought to be too costly at the time.

He was quoted by the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate in April, 1984 as offering this scenario: "September 1990: LSU 58, UNO 0.

But because the 1980s were times of financial crisis in Louisiana and because academic and athletic budgets were being slashed around the state, the fundraising drive for UNO football stalled and the idea was dropped.

During then-AD Bob Brown's tenure, a PAF committee was formed to study the feasibility of football at UNO.

Operating on a limited budget and with only eight players, the Privateers set out to raise the funds and build a team in order to play.

During the 2008 season, UNO club football outdrew NCAA Division I, II and III programs for some of their home games.

[24] At one time the mascot was Lafitte the Instigator, an anthropomorphized alligator dressed as a pirate, as seen in a 2013 video posted on the Southland Conference's YouTube channel.