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UCF Golden Knight and Pegasus. While the Pegasus is the logo and mascot of the university, Knightro is the mascot of university's athletic programs, the UCF Knights. The Pegasus logo is popular among students and the community, and UCF's equestrian club maintains a mascot program, which owns a "Pegasus" horse, a gray Andalusian stallion. [3]
Knightro's Name came from an election held by the Student Government and the winning submission was from Robert Morris (the Senate Pro Tempore at the time) with UCF's first mascot had been the Citronaut in 1969. [3] The first costume was made by Costume World, of Pompano Beach. Gordon filled the mascot position during that first season of 1994-95.
The Citronaut was the first mascot of Florida Technological University (FTU), which later became the University of Central Florida (UCF). The mascot appeared on the first student handbook in 1968–1969. The Citronaut is a legacy mascot that is still in use today. [2] [3]
FTU Knights logo, ca. 1978. The UCF varsity athletic program was a charter member of the Sunshine State Conference in 1975. The school moved up to Division I in 1984. In its first years in D-I, UCF was a member of the American South Conference, merging into the Sun Belt Conference in 1991.
In the 2016-17 season, newly hired head coach Johnny Dawkins took the Knights to a semi-final berth in the NIT for the first time in school history. [citation needed] UCF was a layup away from advancing to the Sweet Sixteen and beating Duke, the consensus number-one seed, in the 2019 NCAA tournament, as Coach Dawkins, with his son on the team ...
The success of UCF‘s football program can be attributed, in part, to the 12 coaches who have provided guidance to the Knights throughout their over four decades of existence. Don Jonas (1979-81 ...
The evolution of UCF’s home football fields: Citrus Bowl (Currently Camping World Stadium) 112-59-1 (65%) In 1979, UCF kicked off its football program with a 7-6 win over Fort Benning, marking ...
The leprechaun first became the school's mascot in 1965 after the program was originally led by a series of Irish terrier dogs. The mascot was labeled the fourth-most offensive in college football ...