Sterling Warriors

The Sterling Warriors are the athletic teams that represent Sterling College, located in Sterling, Kansas, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, primarily competing in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference since the 1958–59 academic year; which they were a member on a previous stint from 1902–03 to December 1928.

Varsity sports

Sterling competes in 16 intercollegiate varsity sports:

Football at Sterling comes off the 2009 season with a fourth-place finish in the conference and a 6–4 record. Chuck Lambert is the program's current head coach, succeeding his brother Andy, the new coach at Southern Nazarene, Okla. Notable former athletes include actor Clarence Gilyard.
During the 1905 season, the Coleman Company set up temporary gas-powered lighting for a night game against Fairmount College. It was the first night football game played west of the Mississippi River. Fairmount won the game 24–0.
In 2013 the Warriors, led by Andy Lambert, went 8–1 in Conference play, winning their first ever Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football title. That season also marks the first time qualifying for the NAIA football playoffs

Venue	Sport	Ref.
Smisor Stadium	Football
Gleason Center	Basketball Volleyball Swimming
SC Baseball	Baseball
SC Soccer	Soccer
SC Courts	Tennis
Thompson/O'Brien Center	Golf