The official mascot of the National Football Leagues Kansas City Chiefs is K. C. Wolf. He was first introduced in 1989 as a successor to Warpaint, a horse ridden by a man wearing a full Indian chief headdress, from the mid-1980s. K. C. Wolf was named after the teams "Wolfpack,” a group of boisterous fans who sat in temporary bleachers at Municipal Stadium. K. C. Wolf is portrayed by Dan Meers, who has been playing the mascot since its inception. Meers is also a motivational speaker and averages more than 150 speaking engagements each year throughout the United States. K. C. Wolf is known for his appearances at major and minor league baseball games, community activities, conventions, grand openings, parades, and other events. He is also the first NFL mascot to be enshrined in the Mascot Hall of Fame.