Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, rodeo, soccer, tennis, and outdoor track; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, rodeo, soccer, softball, tennis, outdoor track, and volleyball.

Following two dismal seasons from 1947 and 1948, LSTC hired former University of Alabama star Vaughn Mancha as the fourth head coach in team history.

Wallace also led UNA to Gulf South Conference Championships during the 1993–95 seasons, while his Lions also qualified for the NCAA Division II Playoffs six times during his tenure.

A couple of wins over #22 Delta State and Arkansas-Monticello put UWA back into the playoff race, but they lost to West Georgia the following week.

[18] UWA opened Gulf South Conference play with a home win over West Georgia but lost to Delta State on the road.

[20] After falling behind and trailing at the half, the Tigers upset the number 7-ranked Blazers to give Wallace a victory in his final game.

The team won the GSC East Division crown with a win at Valdosta State to close out regular season play.

2012 saw the team improve, going 7-8-3 with a 5-3-1 mark in the GSC with wins against Delta State, Christian Brothers, Shorter, Alabama-Huntsville, and West Georgia.

The Tiger men's basketball team was originally formed in 1939, but their first unofficial season took place after World War II in 1945.

From 1945 to 1955, the team was led by future UWA Athletic Hall of Famers Pop Wagoner, Jack Jones, and Milton Johnson.

LU men's basketball underwent a drastic change with the hiring of future UWA Athletics Hall of Famer, Jack Powell, in 1966.

In addition, on January 14, 1978, the team had just defeated Nicholls State in a conference match-up when they learned head coach Ken Brackett died after a long battle with cancer.

McIntosh, along with the trio of Rodney McKeever, Perry Smith and Cheyenne Jones, helped complete Brackett's dramatic turnaround of the team finishing 18–8.

[41] With his signing of Tony Andre, Perry Smith and Cheyenne Jones, the team once again formed a big three and hoped to fill a void after McKeever's graduation.

Murphy's third season at the helm started off with his third straight major freshman acquisition as he recruited Dennis Williams to play Tiger men's basketball.

Murphy was once again named GSC Coach of the Year, and the conference championship earned LU their first trip back to the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament since 1978.

Cross and fellow redshirt freshman Jacquezz Brown left the team, along with Ollie, Maurice Naylor, Glenn Miles, and Kevin Johnson.

However, after a loss to Alabama-Huntsville during the season's final game, UWA was eliminated from earning a second straight berth in the GSC tournament.

Alquan Mendenhall, Jonathan Griffin, Ryan Fitch, and Richard Dixon led the scoring as each topped double figures in the opening triumph.

With a 22–6 overall record and 14–2 mark in the GSC, the Tigers claimed the East Division championship, headed to the tournament, and won there for the first time since 1987.

They opened the Gulf South Conference tournament against West Division two seed Delta State but dropped a four-point decision.

She connected on almost 87 percent of her free throw attempts, the highest mark in the GSC, and finished in the top ten of seven other statistical categories.

[73] The first University of West Alabama fast-pitch softball team was christened in 1986, but the Tigers won only one game during their inaugural season.

In the Tigers' regular season finale, they rallied to beat #2 Alabama-Huntsville at the UWA Softball Complex, and Brittany McGee tossed the program's first perfect game.

When conference play started, the team encountered a few speed bumps when facing University of West Florida and Alabama-Huntsville.

The rest of GSC action proved difficult as division foes Valdosta State and West Florida were both ranked in the nation's top 5.

A conference road trip sent UWA to Pensacola for the 2009 opener where the Tigers dropped matches to nationally ranked West Florida.

The Tiger men won their first nine before dropping the finale to a tough Columbus State squad, while the women picked up four victories.

[94] When 2008 rolled around, the NCAA awarded the program a Coaching Enhancement Grant and was one of only 18 Division II schools nationwide to receive the honor.

[97] In 2009, in their first action at Southern Mississippi, the Tiger men outran their opponents and earned first place, while UWA's women finished third at the event.