Under athletic director Chris Del Conte, Texas’ athletics department as a whole has seen exuberating success. As of recently, they’ve shown why Texas is one of the top institutions both athletically and academically.
In 2018-19, the Longhorns finished fourth in the Learfield IMG College Director’s Cup standings, which is a competition that is based off how all collegiate sports teams finish their season.
That was their highest finish in the national all-sports rankings since 2005-06, but Del Conte and the program have hit a new high. For the first time ever, the Longhorns have won the Director’s Cup. In doing so, they have also become the first school outside of Stanford to win it since 1994.
How dominant was Texas sports throughout the 2020-21 season? The Longhorns recorded three NCAA Championships, the most by Texas since the 1989-90 season. On top of that, they took home 13 Big 12 conference titles.
If you were to add in Texas’ football program from the 2020 season to the list above, who although underwhelmed from an expectations standpoint, it’d be another top 25 finish at No. 19 overall.
With the baseball season ending just days ago, we now know where each respective Texas program finished amongst their peers for the 2020-21 season. Let’s take a look at where each program finished the season and played a large part in Texas winning the Director’s Cup.
Men’s Swimming and Diving: National Champions
For an NCAA-best 1️⃣5️⃣th time in program history, we will LIGHT THE TOWER!!!
2021 NCAA CHAMPIONS pic.twitter.com/4ZlUyqrK4o
— Texas Men's Swimming & Diving (@TexasMSD) March 28, 2021
Women’s Tennis: National Champions
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Women’s Rowing: National Champions
𝙇𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙏𝙊𝙒𝙀𝙍!!!
Texas is the 2021 National Champion! 🏆#HereComesTexas | #HookEm 🤘 pic.twitter.com/eBMdjNwtFW
— Texas Rowing (@TexasRowing) May 30, 2021
Women’s Volleyball: No. 2 in the nation
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Women’s Swimming and Diving: No. 3 in the nation
3rd-place team finish at #NCAASwimDive !!! First top-three finish for the Longhorns since 2001! pic.twitter.com/d41TkISYbh
— Texas Women's Swimming & Diving (@TexasWSD) March 21, 2021
Men’s Tennis: No. 3 in the nation
Your Horns are No. 3️⃣ in the final 2021 @ITA_Tennis rankings!
🎾 Ties 2️⃣nd highest finish (2006) since rankings began in 1981
🎾 8️⃣th top-5️⃣ finish in poll history (3️⃣ in last 3️⃣ years)
🎾 3️⃣9️⃣ straight weekly polls in top 🔟
📖 https://t.co/TUNJBtmGrR#HookEm 🤘🎾 pic.twitter.com/2X2VaO1u3T
— Texas Men's Tennis (@TexasMTN) May 26, 2021
Baseball: Tied for No. 3 in the nation
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Women’s Basketball: Tied for No. 5 in the nation
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Women’s Golf: Tied for No. 5 in the nation
It was a battle in Scottsdale, but our #NCAAGolf runs ends in the Match Play Quarterfinals. 🤘 pic.twitter.com/BKPpCiSh0q
— Texas Women's Golf (@TexasWGolf) May 25, 2021
Men’s Outdoor Track and Field: Tied for No. 6 in the nation
Another Olympian! @Imthatjones4L has punched his ticket to Tokyo! Congrats to our All-American and school-record holder in the 400m on his selection to represent Barbados! 🇧🇧#TexasToTokyo | #HookEm 🤘 pic.twitter.com/X6f7si3Afh
— Texas T&F/XC (@TexasTFXC) June 28, 2021
Women’s Outdoor Track and Field: Tied for No. 7 in the nation
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Women’s Indoor Track and Field: No. 8 in the nation
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Softball: Tied for No. 9 in the nation
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Men’s Indoor Track and Field: No. 14 in the nation
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Men’s Golf: Tied for No. 25 in the nation
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