After a protracted wait, the Indiana Hoosiers’ Bison mascot is formally again in Bloomington.
On Tuesday morning, following a build-up that included 4 teaser promotional movies that includes cameos from soccer coach Curt Cignetti, males’s basketball coach Darian DeVries and a number of appearing roles from senior affiliate athletic director Jeremy Grey, the Hoosiers made official what had been hinted at for the previous week and a half.
Indiana’s announcement video drew from “Star Wars” and Michael Jordan’s iconic return to the NBA in 1995 to inform the story of the bison mascot’s origins and, finally, verify it could be returning.
Lastly unleashed. 🦬
Welcome again house, @HoosiertheBison. pic.twitter.com/hMotSXeF0A
— Indiana Hoosiers (@IUHoosiers) Might 27, 2025
In keeping with the video’s temporary historical past lesson, the bison — which used to roam the Bloomington space and is featured on the state’s seal — served because the college’s mascot from 1965 to 1969, earlier than disappearing from utilization.
The mascot did not go away Bloomington fully although — the bison has lengthy been the image of Nick’s English Hut, a neighborhood pub. As not too long ago as December, the varsity’s scholar authorities handed a invoice advocating for its official return.
Indiana’s announcement video mentioned the mascot, named Hoosier, will make its official debut this fall. The reveal provided little element as to the mascot’s costume, although a zoomed-out video of Hoosier peering over Memorial Stadium confirmed a bison head sporting a purple shirt and candy-striped pants.
