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The "O" logo was designed by Nike in 1998. Nike, Inc. was founded in 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports. The firm was co-founded by Bill Bowerman and Phillip Knight.Bowerman coached the famed "Men of Oregon" track program and Knight was coached by Bowerman in the 1950s. [3]
The Nike Oregon Project was a group created by the American corporation Nike, established in Beaverton, Oregon in 2001. [1] The team folded on October 10, 2019 after an investigation resulted in a four-year ban of longtime coach Alberto Salazar .
Nike, Inc. [note 1] (stylized as NIKE) is an American athletic footwear and apparel corporation headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, United States. [6] It is the world's largest supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment, with revenue in excess of US$46 billion in its fiscal year 2022.
The Nike Worldwide Headquarters is the global headquarters for Nike, Inc., located in an unincorporated area of Washington County near Beaverton, Oregon, in the United States. The campus has more than 75 buildings on 286 acres, as of 2018. [1]
The University of Oregon is commonly referred to as the University of Nike [39] due to Nike co-founder Phil Knight's influence through his donations to the school over the years. Knight ran in the University of Oregon Track & Field program under Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman.
William Jay Bowerman (February 19, 1911 – December 24, 1999) was an American track and field coach and co-founder of Nike, Inc. [1] Over his career, he trained 31 Olympic athletes, 51 All-Americans, 12 American record-holders, 22 NCAA champions and 16 sub-4 minute milers.
The first Nike lab opened in 1980 in Exeter, New Hampshire. [1] The 16,000-square-foot (1,500 m 2) Sport Research Lab is located in the Mia Hamm building at the company's headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon. [2] The Nike campus spans a total of 213 acres (9,300,000 sq ft) on the west side of the Portland metropolitan area.
The club maintains a rivalry with the competing Oregon Track Club, also sponsored by Nike, Inc. [4] BTC athletes won three medals at the 2017 World Athletics Championships. [4] The club is named after Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman. The team moved from Portland to Eugene in 2022. [5]