Blaze (UAB mascot)

Blaze
University	University of Alabama at Birmingham
Conference	C-USA
Description	European dragon
First seen	January 6, 1996

Blaze is the mascot of the University of Alabama at Birmingham's athletics teams. He is a fire-breathing European dragon.

UAB's athletic history goes back to 1977, when Gene Bartow was named the school's first athletic director. In January 1978, a campuswide vote bestowed the nickname "Blazers" on the team, hoping that the teams would "blaze" a new trail in college athletics. Originally, there was no official mascot, but that changed in 1995, when a European dragon was chosen as the mascot.

On January 6, 1996, "Blaze" was introduced at a basketball game. "Blaze" is considered a member of the spirit squads, and appears at all football and basketball games. Blaze's head has appeared on the sides of UAB's football helmets since 1996, when the team moved up to Division I-A.

References

UAB chronology

External links

Blaze's page at UAB's website

Mascots of Conference USA

Norm the Niner (Charlotte)
Roary (FIU)
Owlsley (Florida Atlantic)
Champ and Tech (Louisiana Tech)
Marco the Buffalo (Marshall)
Lightning (Middle Tennessee)
Scrappy (North Texas)
Big Blue (Old Dominion)
Sammy the Owl (Rice)
Seymour d'Campus (Southern Miss)
Blaze (UAB)
Paydirt Pete (UTEP)
Rowdy (UTSA)
Big Red (Western Kentucky)

UAB Blazers football

Venues	Legion Field (1991–2014)

Bowls & rivalries	2004 Hawaii Bowl Southern Miss Troy

Culture & lore	Blaze

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

UAB Blazers men's basketball

Venues	BJCC Arena (1978–1988) Bartow Arena (1988–present)

Culture & lore	History Blaze

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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