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UCF Football Head Coach Scott Frost:
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The Relationship and Quick Jersey History
UCF and Nike first formed a partnership for the 2010 football season, and made a second change to the uniforms in 2013, a look that lasted through the 2015 campaign.
Since the football program 麻豆精品 S檚 inception in 1979, UCF has worn several different uniforms, as well as 10 different helmets including two special helmets used for just one game.
The Process
Nike began by analyzing UCF 麻豆精品 S檚 current uniform kit, which featured black, gold and white jerseys and pants as well as a white helmet. It then focused on its current Mach Speed uniform chassis as the base for UCF 麻豆精品 S檚 next look.
About Mach Speed Chassis
Up next for the Nike team was researching UCF to draw inspiration for the new uniforms. That research included respecting the University 麻豆精品 S檚 past, location, mascots (Knights and Pegasus), former players and the football program 麻豆精品 S檚 #UCFast, #UCFierce and #RiseandConquer mantras.
Nike delivered three key ingredients:
A final piece of the puzzle was developing UCF 麻豆精品 S檚 own custom number font.
The Result
Jerseys
Pants
Helmets
In all, when looking at just helmets, jerseys and pants, UCF will have 64 different uniform combinations to choose from in 2016.