Notre Dame Fighting Irish Technical Outerwear

The Cool One UPF Pullover. It’s our warm-weather piece — a real UPF 50+ sun layer built with brrr° patented cooling fabric and Toray DotAir, an ultra-breathable knit used in elite performance apparel. It’s officially licensed by the University of Notre Dame, cut and constructed like real outdoor gear, and made for hot September Saturdays at Notre Dame Stadium and everything else that happens outside. It’s the first BCKR product available in Notre Dame colors, and it’s a strong place to start.

Different product entirely. Most licensed team pullovers use basic poly-cotton blends and call it a day. They’re fine for what they are. The Cool One uses brrr° cooling fabric, Toray DotAir, and a YKK zipper for the half-zip — the same materials in a $200 sun hoodie from a top fishing brand or cooling layer from a premium golf company. You’ve just never seen them in Notre Dame navy before. The best comparison isn’t a $50 fan pullover. It’s outdoor gear that happens to come in Notre Dame’s exact Pantone colors.

Yes. Every Notre Dame Fighting Irish product is officially licensed through the University of Notre Dame. The logos, colors, and trademarks are all authorized. We use exact Pantone color matching, not approximations, for every piece. We also donate 10% of Notre Dame product sales to support student athletes. BCKR isn’t a brand that licenses some logos. We’re a brand committed to making gear at the standard Notre Dame fans expect.

Yes. The Cool One is where the Notre Dame lineup starts, but the flagship BCKR product is the Dry One — a Toray three-layer waterproof jacket built to the same standard as a premium ski or fishing shell. That’s what’s on the horizon for Notre Dame, along with the rest of the BCKR system. When each piece is ready, we’ll launch it. Until then, the Cool One does a lot on its own.

We’re an independent brand, no corporate parent, no Super Bowl ads yet. We were founded by outdoor industry veterans, including the team that helped scale YETI from a regional cooler company into a global brand. We’re based in Austin, we ship every order ourselves, and we include a handwritten note in every package. We started BCKR because fans of major college programs had no real outdoor gear in their team’s colors. They had souvenir jackets that didn’t perform and premium outdoor gear that didn’t represent. So we made the gear that should have existed all along. You’re hearing about us now because the word is getting out.

Heck no. The Cool One is a real UPF sun layer built for hot weather and beyond. People wear it on the river, on the golf course, on the boat, and on the trail. It’s officially licensed Notre Dame navy with premium outdoor construction, so it works on gameday and every hot day between them. We built this so your team gear could also be the best sun layer you own, not something that sits in your closet between Saturdays.