West Virginia Mountaineers Logo PNG
West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia, sponsors over 15 varsity teams sharing the same stylized monogram emblem.
Meaning and history
1928 – 1937
The style and palette of the emblem have gone through several updates, too. The earliest design on the list (1928) featured the elegant letters in blue. They possessed a very unusual and recognizable structure.
1970 – 1980
On the following emblem (1970), the letters “WVU” were housed inside a ball, which was placed over the map of West Virginia.
1980 – 2016
Eventually, in 1980, the university introduced a logo with the “W” and “V” placed one above the other.
2016 – Today
Football
The football team has won ten conference championships outright and shared five. The primary West Virginia Mountaineers football logo coincides with the main athletic logo.
Basketball
The basketball teams play at the WVU Coliseum and are coached by Bob Huggins (men’s team) and Mike Carey (women’s team). The West Virginia Mountaineers basketball logo is the same as the primary athletic emblem.
West Virginia Mountaineers Colors
BLUE
PANTONE: PMS 295 C
HEX COLOR: #002855;
RGB: (0, 40, 85)
CMYK: (100, 53, 0, 67)
GOLD
PANTONE: PMS 124 C
HEX COLOR: #EAAA00;
RGB: (234, 170, 0)
CMYK: (0, 27, 100, 8)
