Cosmo the Cougar appearances vary in price and duration depending on the type and location of your event.
Off-Campus events start around $500/hr, additional mileage fee beyond 15 miles of campus
(Ask about school discounts)
For BYU sanctioned On-Campus events contact us for pricing.
Cosmo does over 500 appearances throughout the academic school year. He is one busy Cougar! Many of his appearances are scheduled to be at BYU sporting events and promotions. With that said, requesting an appearance from Cosmo will need to be planned in advance.
When requesting an appearance:
- Know the date and time of event in advance
- Describe the event in detail on the Request Form
- Make accommodations for Cosmo if necessary
- Prepare for the unexpected
We will do our best to fulfill your request!
Cosmo's Crew gets you and your kids closer to the action! Enjoy a more cost efficient way for your family to attend BYU sporting events!
For only $50 per membership, your kid can be a part of a greater crew!
This membership is open for kids ages 2-17 and is a unique opportunity that BYU Athletics is proud to support. Not only does this membership include 4 tickets to select football games and 4 tickets to select basketball games, it comes with a customized Crew T-shirt that lets kids into other BYU sporting events for FREE such as: women's basketball, women's soccer, gymnastics, men's and women's volleyball, baseball and softball!
***All of these offers are available until supplies run out.
Cosmo's Kids Club was a program organized to allow a more cost-efficient way for families to attend BYU sporting events. It was founded in the 1990's by Duff Tittle, Brett Eden, Mike Deaver, Mary Carpenter and MANY others. and has since continued to bring families out of the house and into the action of BYU Athletics. Cosmo's Kids Club was originally available for kids ages 2-12, but due to a recent age change, Cosmo's Kids Club has been rebranded to Cosmo's Crew, allowing kids ages 2-17 to join! We are excited to open the Crew to a larger audience of kids who are obsessed with BYU sporting events, BYU athletes and Cosmo!
4 BYU Football Tickets to ONE Select Home Game
Liberty - November 9 - Time TBA
Idaho State - November 16 - 1pm MST
4 BYU Basketball Tickets to ONE Select Home Game
Southern Utah University - November 13th at 7:00 PM
Montana Tech - November 30th at 1:00 PM
Nevada - December 10th at 7:00 PM
Weber State - December 21st at 7:00 PM
Newly designed Crew T-shirt
***The Crew T-shirt, when worn, provides free entrance into other BYU sporting events, aside from football and men's basketball.
IN THE MAKING..
This van includes a 1600-watt, 12-speaker stereo system, a variety of specialty lights (on the top), blue neon underflow lights, several sirens, and a cordless public address system and many more accessories. Cosmo's workload of performances at more than 500 functions a year necessitates private transportation. He drives around in the Cosmobile, a van retrofitted for Cosmo's active lifestyle. Every few years, the decal will change to replicate the current BYU football team helmet with decals that represent our very own Cosmo.
The Cosmobile is also the transportation choice of Cosmo's Dunk Team trailer. This trailer is rigged with a hoop that the team will use during parades around Utah County.
Cosmo's appearance has changed over the years and there is a simple explanation for this. On September 2, 1997, BYU's Athletic Media Relations announced that while hunting Red Tail Hawks (rival Utah's mascot) in Rock Canyon, Cosmo fell 100 feet. Several students saw the fall, however, and fortunately called Utah Valley Search and Rescue, which performed emergency surgery on Cosmo. This included reduction in head size, which allowed Cosmo more range in motion and the ability to perform more daring stunts. Cosmo frequently does flips, walks on stilts, rides motorcycles, and performs slam dunks in order to please the crowd.
The first three to suit up as Cosmo the Cougar were Daniel T. Gallego (1953–54), Clive Moon (1954-55), and Ray Pope (1955–56). The first female Cosmo, Peggy Herron Mortensen shared the role with Ray Pope in 1956. To fit in the Cosmo suit, she wore padding and slipped her own shoes inside the ones attached to the suit. BYU president Ernest L. Wilkinson once put on the costume at a pep rally. LaVell Edwards, the legendary football coach for the Cougars, wore the Cosmo costume during the final season basketball game against Utah in 1981.
Since then, there have been many who have suited up. List of Names:
