A "clean" and "classy" look is what West Virginia University director of athletics
Shane Lyons was seeking with a new Coliseum court design, and that's exactly what WVU's 49-year-old arena has received.
A small group consisting of Lyons, deputy director of athletics
Keli Zinn, executive senior associate director of athletics
Steve Uryasz, senior associate athletics director
Michael Fragale and associate athletics director
April Messerly sifted through a dozen or so different designs developed by athletics' graphic designer
Kristin Coldsnow, with assistance from publications director
Joe Swan and Fragale.
A dozen quickly became a half dozen to a few until a final design was selected.
"We looked at a number of different things but the one thing we wanted to accentuate was the Flying WV, which we've done with this design," Lyons said. "And then shadowing into that is the state, of which we're very proud.
"The one thing we didn't want was a floor with a complicated design," he added. "We wanted it to be a very clean, classy look as opposed to it being too busy."
