[6] The men's basketball program has a long-standing reputation for futility even though the team has improved significantly in recent years.

(However, a former Wildcats coach, Jim Boylan, later became the head coach of the Chicago Bulls and the Milwaukee Bucks) The Wildcats' rivalry with the Maine Black Bears is the longest continuous basketball rivalry between any two non-Ivy League schools: the men's teams have played each other 115 seasons in a row, from 1904 to 1905 thru 2018–2019.

The university has invested greatly in both the men's and women's basketball programs since the hiring of Bill Herrion but they have yet to achieve the campus wide attention of the Hockey or Football teams.

The football program was introduced at UNH in 1893 as a varsity team, and today they compete in the NCAA Division I.

After the most recent season, in May of 2022, three players (Mackenzie MacEahern, Kelsey Macallum and Allie Connerty) received America East all-conference awards.

The Granite State native took the team from a 6-10-1 mark in 2014 to a 10-5-3 record, including a 7-0-2 streak to start the 2015 campaign.

[9] During their 2021 season, the Wildcats were honored by the New England Patriots owner, Robert Kraft, and his family, as the team embarked on their quest to round 16 of the NCAA Tournament game versus No.

The reason given was the Athletic Department would save $500,000 towards a $1,000,000 budget shortfall and be in compliance with Title IX for the first time.

[12] The university's athletic facilities are concentrated on the west side of the campus, near Durham's Amtrak station.

The Athletic Department holds annual mascot try-outs to select men and women to wear the "Wild E. Cat" and "Gnarlz" costumes at various sporting events and occasional university functions.

[citation needed] The "Durham Bulls," a nickname given to the Hockey team by the local media, was a close runner-up.

The third cat was purchased in 1934, and was to be named for the first New Hampshire player to score in the historical football game against Maine.

Butch Watson lived behind the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity house in a cage and was the only mascot to be stolen by a rival school.

There were no claims of responsibility, but the cat was found in a garage in Woburn, Massachusetts with "HARVARD 60, N.H. 0," written on the top of the cage.

The Athletic Department "Gnarlz" made its debut at the football team's 2008 home opener against Albany on September 20.

Gnarlz is considered the superior cat by students, due to the mascot's amazing physique and charisma.

The University of New Hampshire campus is located about a mile from the Great Bay estuary, which runs out to the Atlantic Ocean.

written by E Y Blewett '26 We'll take our stand for New Hampshire Loyal to colors true White from ever lasting hill and from the ocean blue wherever college men gather long her worth we'll tell All your sons and your daughters stand to Sing your praises Alma Mater Hail.

Dating back to Charlie Holt in the 1970s to present day coach Dick Umile, it has had great support and is a figurehead among the university community.

This tradition caught on as the Zeta Chi fraternity made it a ritual to throw out the fish after UNH's first goal.

"At all these different rinks people were throwing things – tennis balls, newspapers – and it was really holding up the game," Umile recalls.

'"[17][18] The recognized school fight song is "On to Victory," with the most current version arranged by former Director of Athletic Bands Tom Keck (1998–2003).

"UNH Cheer" currently serves as a secondary fight song and is often performed immediately following "On to Victory."