Cheerleading

Head Cheerleader Scott Eubanks organized the Pep Club, a group designed to improve school spirit and increase participation at pep rallies and games.

During the 1950s, cheerleaders began to dress in a wolf costume at sporting events, and members of the Red Coat Marching Band wore fiberglass wolf heads as some of the earliest known student mascots for NC State.

Head Cheerleader Billy Garrabrant announced that the cheerleading team will be co-ed by adding four women cheerleaders to the team roster for the year. Women were also members of the cheer squad in the 1940s.

The first student mascot was introduced by the cheerleading squad in the early 1960s in a wolf costume.

Junior Varsity cheerleaders were organized for the first time to cheer specifically at freshman games.

After the introduction of women's athletics to NC State, costumes were created for a woman version of the wolf mascot.

Junior varsity cheerleader Elizabeth Jan Seymour was the first woman chosen for the mascot formerly known as Miss Wolf. During Seymour's first game as mascot, the cheerleaders debuted their hand gesture now known as “wolf hands.”

In the Technician, one of the first African American women cheerleaders, Wanda Billingslea Farrell, called out the selection process for cheerleader tryouts as racist and biased.

Cathy Buckey was the cheerleading coach from 1979 to 1998. During her tenure, the NC State cheerleading team won their first three national championships in 1986, 1990, and 1991.

Mr. Wolf and Ms. Wolf were married in a mock wedding ceremony by the Wake Forest Demon Deacon mascot during halftime of a Men's Basketball game at Reynolds Coliseum. The two were joined in "canis matrimonium," and Chancellor Joab Thomas gave the bride away.

The mascots’ names changed to “Wuf” when the male mascot, Scott Joseph, debuted a new body costume made by his mother. When she began sewing his name on the back of the jersey, she didn’t have enough room to spell “Wolf,” so she shortened it.

All-Girl cheerleading at NC State was created in January 2002. The organization was founded for females on campus who enjoy competitive cheerleading.

Harold Trammel, a 2000 graduate of NC State and cheerleader for five years, began position as head cheerleading coach.

In 2006, Mr. Wuf was named the nation’s top mascot, and Mrs. Wuf was named top mascot the following year.

A Tamaskan dog named Tuffy became the new live mascot for football games. This breed of dog resembled the wolf-like Siberian husky.

NC State won two national championships at the 2018 NCA and NDA Collegiate Cheer and Dance Championship. This marks the first time in program history NC State has captured multiple national championships in the same competition.