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===Swimming and diving=== {{main|Nebraska Cornhuskers swimming and diving}} Nebraska sponsored a men's aquatics program from 1921 until 2001. The program was discontinued by athletic director [[Bill Byrne (athletic director)|Bill Byrne]] due to budgetary concerns, though it may have been hastened by a scholarship manipulation investigation that resulted in the suspension and eventual resignation of longtime head coach Cal Bentz.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailynebraskan.com/three-nu-swim-coaches-suspended-concerning-alleged-ncaa-violations/article_4e1e4b2a-0aa5-5ef7-8e8f-e1c6d94f15d3.html|title=Three NU swim coaches suspended concerning alleged NCAA violations|author=Sean Callahan|website=[[The Daily Nebraskan]]|date=2 October 2000|access-date=17 April 2025}}</ref><ref name=mens>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailynebraskan.com/nu-drops-mens-swimming-program/article_647ec770-1286-5e26-9e8c-a26948bf77aa.html|title=NU drops men's swimming program|author=David Diehl|website=[[The Daily Nebraskan]]|date=26 March 2001|access-date=17 April 2025}}</ref> Under Bentz, future [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] gold medalists [[Penelope Heyns]] and [[Adam Pine]] won NU's first NCAA Division I individual championships. Since 2001, the university has sponsored only a women's team. The team has been coached by Pablo Morales since 2001. Nebraska has hosted meets at the [[Bob Devaney Sports Center|Devaney Center Natatorium]] since its construction in 1976. *Men's conference championships: 1928, 1929, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 *Women's conference championships: 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
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