teams are nicknamed the Broncs. The school competes in the NCAA Division I Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. As the MAAC is a non-wrestling conference, Rider's wrestling team competes as a member of the Mid-American Conference.
The intercollegiate sports program at Rider was started by coach Clair Bee in the 1920s. Two of the school's most famous athletic alumni are former Notre Dame basketball coach and ESPN sportscaster Digger Phelps, who played basketball at Rider from 1959 to 1963, and Jason Thompson, who played basketball at Rider from 2004 to 2008 and was drafted by the Sacramento Kings.
The university competed in football until 1951, when the football team was disbanded.
In 2007, the university redesigned its athletic logo.
== Notable alumni ==
In entertainment: Rider graduates include: Monét X Change, drag queen and winner of the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.
In government: Rider graduates include: Nathaniel Barnes, Liberian Ambassador to the United Nations; Craig Carpenito, former …
