He was named after former Gonzaga basketball player Quentin Hall. By 2003, Spike looks around the way we know him today, and has more or less remained the same since. Credit: Gonzaga Digital Archives ...

LAS VEGAS, NV - MARCH 09: Gonzaga Bulldogs mascot Spike the Bulldog performs during a semifinal game of the West Coast Conference Basketball tournament against the Loyola Marymount Lions at the ...

Mascot-coordinator-who-shall-not-be-named literally had to walk me through the paces. Spike's stride is a swaggy one, side-to-side, bent knees, shoulders leaning into each step, and head going ...

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) In the summer of 1998, Gonzaga University was a small private college in Eastern Washington that barely made a blip on the public consciousness, even within its own region.

Gonzaga University's mascot didn't begin with a $500 mail order bulldog costume with an oversized head and underbite. Their mascot actually began with a live bulldog named Teddy Gonzaga, in 1921.