Like many universities and institutions that are part of Division I college sports, the North Carolina State Wolfpack has a great deal of history. The institution has dramatically succeeded in cross country, baseball, and women’s basketball. However, the most significant athletic accomplishment in the institution's history was the incredible national championship run by the 1983 Men’s basketball team. Led by the legendary Jim Valvano, the NC State Wolfpack would reach the mountaintop thanks to a last-second put-back dunk by the late Lorenzo Charles.
Notable NC State Alumni include Bill Cowher, Vinny Del Negro, Nate Mcmillan, and Philip Rivers.
Just recently, the North Carolina State Wolfpack significantly changed its main primary logo. In this piece, we will go over the change in their primary logo and how it relates to the previous logo history of the institution.
For context, it is necessary to look back at the primary logo history of NC State. In 1967, the school adopted its first primary logo. It consisted of a ferocious-looking wolf with a color combination of black and white. The wolf is on his feet and appears to be marching forward very determinedly. The wolf is wearing a red shirt with black stripes. An “NCS” LOGO wordmark can be seen in the middle of the shirt. The “S” surrounds the letters “N” and C” portions of the logo.
Additionally, the wolf had a red and black hat that had the words “NCSU” on it. The “NCSU” wordmark has black lettering. This logo lasted from 1967 to 1997.
From 1997-2023, the NC State Wolfpack would drastically change its primary logo. There was no wolf represented in this logo.
In the previous logo, the angry wolf had a shirt with the “NCS” logo with the “S” engulfing the letters “N” and “C.” in the middle.
The second logo could be considered a giant version of that logo. The logo was a large red “S” with black and white trim. A red “N” can be seen in the upper portion of the logo, while a red “C” can be seen in the lower portion. 1997-2005, the “N” and the “C” were regular-sized.
From 2005-2023, there was a slight change in the “N” and “C.” The “N” and “C” wordmarks were much more comprehensive than the previous version of this logo.
Just recently, the North Carolina State Wolfpack changed course again regarding its primary logo. However, the new primary logo is not new to North Carolina State.
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He is wearing a red hat with an "NC State" wordmark. The NC State wordmark is colored white. This logo is a callback to the wolfhead of the school's 1st ever-primary logo. The only significant difference is that the wolfhead in this primary logo is turned slightly to the right, and the wordmark on the wolfhead's red hat says "NC State" instead of "NCSU."
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