Swoop, a red-tailed hawk, is the mascot of the Utah Utes sports teams.

The university introduced Swoop with the consent of the tribal council of the Ute tribe in 1996.

[1] Originally the school's mascot was an American Indian, but was dropped.

Later Hoyo, a cartoon Indian Boy, became an unofficial mascot, but was also dropped.

[2] During the 1980s the Crimson Warrior, a Caucasian horseman dressed in Indian costume, would ride onto the field before home football games and plant a lance into a bale of hay.