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1964, Knight and his former Coach at University of Oregon Bill Bowerman created the first iconic Nike show called “Tiger Cortez”. The Tiger Nike Cortez was an inspiration after the Japanese shoe brand Ontisuka Tiger. Ontisuka was also BRS partner in 1964.
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In 1966, Blue Ribbon Sports opened up their first Nike store on Pico Boulevard, In Santa Monica California. With the expansion of more stores up the East Coast later on in the year. BRS mainly sold their first shoe creation which was the Ontisuka Tiger Cortez’s. -
In 1971, Carolyn Davidson was hired by Phil Knight to create the Nike symbol for The Blue Ribbon Sports company which is now the iconic Nike swoosh symbol. Davidson was payed $35 back then just to design the symbol. -
In 1984, Michael Jordan signed a Five year, $2.5 Million deal with Nike, The deal ranged from Jordan only promoting Nike throughout his career/ Contract Time. Nike also released the Air Jordan sneaker line in April 1985 with the goal of making $3 million in the first three years -
In 1990, Nike moved its headquarters to Beaverton, Oregon also known as downtown Portland where the new headquarters were located. -
In 1990, Nike moved its headquarters to Portland having a range of 15,500 workers in the Portland headquarters and a range of 83,000 people working in the headquarters today. -
In 1996, Nike signed Tiger woods a Five year $40 million dollar contract with a built in golf division from scratch. As of today Tiger Woods has decided to break apart from the Nike contract deal after 27 years, The deal was expected to be worth $40 million dollars. -
In 1998, after the widespread protest due to working conditions, and age of workers, Nike raises the minimum age of its workers, increased the monitoring of workers, and also adopts U.S. OSHA clean-air standards in overseas factories to make their workers feel appreciated/ and more safer. -
In 1999, Co- founder of Nike Bill Bowerman dies in December 24, 1999. Reporters say they found Bowerman dead in his sleep at his home in a local facility care. -
On May 22, 2003, James signed a 7-year, $87 million deal with Nike guaranteeing that he would promote Nike apparel/ products throughout his career. Meanwhile, Nike signed Kobe Bryant a 4 Year $40 Million dollar contract -
In 2004, Phil Knight steps down as CEO and president of Nike, but retains chairman role as William D. Perez becomes the company's new CEO. Knight stepped down as CEO and president of Nike after the death of his eldest son Matthew Knight, Phil Knight stepped down to grieve with his family and regroup. -
In 2012 as part of an agreement involving the league and seven apparel partners, Nike agreed to pay $1.1 billion to the NFL to be the official uniform provider for all 32 teams. The sponsorship deal also allowed Nike to provide the teams with game-day uniforms, sideline apparel and training gear.