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In addition to football, the intercollegiate athletic program fields two teams (men's & women's) in the following sports: basketball, golf, tennis, cross-country, and track (indoor & outdoor). Volleyball, soccer, and swimming are varsity sports offered only for women. The university's official colors are silver & gold, honoring the state's mining tradition. Because these metallic colors in tandem are not visually complementary for athletic uniforms, black & gold are the prevalent colors for the athletic teams, with an occasional use of silver, similar to Colorado, whose official colors are also silver and gold. Under head coach (and alumnus) Chris Tormey, the football team changed from yellow gold to metallic gold in 1995, and the other teams followed. Yellow gold and black were the colors used by the most of the varsity teams from 1978-95. |