"Nicknames & Mascots" Every team has a story
Discover the reason behind the names and read the stories behind the faces
"Nicknames & Mascots" Every team has a story
Discover the reason behind the names and read the stories behind the faces
NOW AVAILABLE - All N&M Books UPDATED FOR 2025 !!
Nicknames and Mascots: The Complete Collection
The most comprehensive book series on intercollegiate athletic nicknames and mascots ever published has been updated for the 2025-2026 school year!
Including Volume 5: "The Complete Collection", a listing of 2,250 institutions from the largest four-year state universities to the smallest two-year community colleges and everything in between. Every active school competing in intercollegiate athletics is included in the series, along with over 100 more that have recently closed or dropped sport sponsorship. Each book features a different group of teams, along with interesting facts about school history, mascot creation and pop culture. Category listings for mascots and nicknames, as well as current '25-'26 conference rosters, are also offered with each installment. Over 330 colorful photographs of character mascots, logos and graphic images represent every division and every level of competition. This is THE definitive reference guide for athletic staff, SIDs, athletic directors and any college sports fan! Order your copies today -- and check out each volume to find out more about your favorite team, along with in-depth stories and fun sports trivia!
N&M TITLES HAVE BEEN FEATURED AT THE 2025 TUCSON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS AND THE 2025 IOWA CITY BOOK FESTIVAL
About the "Nicknames and Mascots" Book Series
The Author
CHRIS PIO is a former cross country/track and field coach and also served as Sports Information Director at Monmouth College (Illinois) for nine years. After 27 years of coaching, he remains active as a sports official and PA announcer. Inducted into the Monmouth College M-Club Athletic Hall of Fame in 2022, his announcing resume includes seven NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA national championship events. A native of Illinois now residing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Pio has taken his passion for detail, experience with research and love of athletics to create entertaining collections of stories that combine sports information, history, trivia and popular culture. He began his innovative “Nicknames and Mascots” book series in 2021 with his first collection of stories from NCAA Division III and has added another to the set each year.
The Stories
"Nicknames and Mascots" currently features five separate volumes and continues to deliver high-quality content for both the general athletics fan and hardcore sports fanatic. The series started in 2021 and includes separate divisional books on all four-year colleges and universities that sponsor intercollegiate sports from the NCAA, NAIA, USCAA and NCCAA. Volume 5, released in early 2025, adds nearly 700 additional two-year schools, tribal colleges, trade schools and more to the original four books for a complete and comprehensive listing of 2,250 athletic teams. These books have been featured at the 2025 TUCSON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS and the 2025 IOWA CITY BOOK FESTIVAL.