Michigan State Football Logos

The contemporary Spartan head logo was first introduced in 1977 by Head Coach Darryl Rogers. Rogers put the logo on both sides of the helmet, which was kept until 1982.

Head Coach Nick Saban put the logo back on the helmet in 1995 and, in 1999, added it to the pants. The logo remains on the pants to this day.

In 2003, John L Smith again added the logo to the helmet and in 2007, Mark Dantonio added it to the back of the jerseys.

The block “S” appeared on the front of the winged helmets for the first time during Charlie Bachman’s first season at Michigan State in 1933. It was removed from the helmets when he retired in 1946.

George Perles added the block “S” to the right side of the football helmet when his coaching career began in 1983. The block “S” was removed from the helmets at the end of his era in 1994.

In 1995, Nick Saban added a diamond version of the block “S” on the sides of the players’ shoulders, which was removed after he left the coaching staff at the end of the 1999 season.

Bobby Williams put the block “S” back on the helmets for the 2001 and 2002 seasons, this time on both sides of the helmet.

In 1967, Duffy Daugherty took the original Spartan head logo created in 1965 and trimmed it in black rather than white. The black trimmed Spartan head logo was used until the 1973 season.

In 1965, a campus-wide contest was held to determine the design of the very first Spartan head logo to be used on a Michigan State fooball helmet. The original Spartan head logo was worn on both sides of the helmets during the back-to-back national championship seasons in 1965 and 1966.