It all began with an idea. In fact, the year 1996 made it all happen.

That is when a former special teams captain of the University of Maryland football team, Kevin Plank, founded a business that began from his grandmother’s basement. It is said Plank disliked the idea of having to change his sweat-soaked cotton T-shirts day after day. So Plank set out to find a solution. The solution was Under Armour.

Plank allowed his football team to be the first to try out his invention of Under Armour. That started a chain reaction that lead to football becoming the one sport Under Armour is most famous for sponsoring.

By the end of 1998, Under Armour outgrew Grandma’s basement and set out for Baltimore, home of the company’s headquarters. And now Under Armour is an all-time American sports clothing and accessories company of sportswear and casual apparel.

Unlike regular cotton, the fabric in the Under Armour collection absorbs the sweat released from people’s bodies, leaving a dry and comfortable feeling for a prolonged period — all season gear.

Throughout the 18 years, Plank has invented two more types of gear: cold gear to keep the athlete warmer longer and heat gear to keep the athlete cooler. Under Armour has made significant measures in establishing their company. They have gone above and beyond.

Two years ago, Tony Espinoza, athletic director, got the school started on a contract with Under Armour. With this contract Under Armour supplies team uniforms for the school.

In the beginning of this year, Espinoza tried out for a contest that Under Armour sponsors every year to only high schools located in the United States. They give these high schools a chance to win and receive Under Armour products of sponsor’s choice for that year. But Stagg didn’t win.

However, he was able to renew the contract allowing us to receive a whole new set of Under Armour uniforms for that year. The supplied team uniforms consists of home and away jerseys like pants and shorts.

Although, Under Armour does not provide uniforms for sports like wrestling, swim, and water polo. The coaches of those sports are allowed to decide the brand for their teams’ uniforms. Marcus Sherman, head coach of water polo and swim, uses uniforms from Agon for custom-dyed swimwear, and Speedos. In wrestling head coach Dao Tep uses the brand Singlet for his wrestlers.

But in the end Stagg is the only school to be contracted with Under Armour

Espinoza said, “Under Armour takes care of us.”