Notre Dame is making some enjoyable adjustments to the Leprechaun emblem

Notre Dame Athletics Unveils Initial Sports-Specific Leprechaun Mark

SOUTH BEND, IN – The University of Notre Dame Athletics Department has unveiled the primary in a collection of sports-specific leprechaun marks. As the 2025 Notre Dame Football season begins later this month, the athletic division has launched the Football Leprechaun mark that will likely be adopted by extra sport-specific marks representing every distinctive sport during which the Fighting Irish compete on the varsity stage.

The new mark was designed in-house by Fighting Irish Media, with enter from the various round our athletic applications and impressed by picture, fundamentals and working types from former and present student-athletes.

The Fighting Irish Leprechaun emblem first appeared on the duvet of the November 20, 1964, version of Time, that includes first-year Notre Dame head soccer coach Ara Parseghian. The picture developed for the duvet finally was designed into the emblem that Irish athletic followers throughout the nation are accustomed to seeing on clothes, memorabilia and extra.

The Notre Dame Leprechaun is a secondary spirit mark of Notre Dame athletics. Its long-standing historical past represents the tenacious spirit of the Fighting Irish and their willpower. The Leprechaun is acknowledged world wide right this moment because the mascot of Notre Dame athletics courting again to its design within the early Sixties.

There will likely be extra team-specific marks launched throughout the 2025-26 college yr and sooner or later athletic seasons to come back.

The Notre Dame Football Leprechaun mark will likely be seen on the Irish sidelines this season and sooner or later. In partnership with Under Armour, new Fighting Irish athletic apparel will function the leprechaun this season and is available now.