USATF, along with the entire track and field community, mourns the loss of an incredible presence in Jud Logan, a long-time coach and four-time Olympian. He passed away Monday at the age of 62 from COVID-related pneumonia. Born July 19, 1959, Logan had a storied career both as an athlete and a coach. As an athlete, he represented Team USATF numerous times, including a gold medal performance at the Pan American Games in 1987 and four consecutive Olympic Games from Los Angeles in 1984 to Sydney in 2000. Logan’s impact on the track and field community was not limited to his own athletic career. He shifted his focus to the Ashland University track and field program, where he built a powerhouse of a program during his decades-long tenure. Logan joined the program 28 years ago and spent 11 years as an assistant coach before assuming the head coach position, which he held for the past 17 years. Logan led his team to 59 individual national titles in that time. His men’s team won three consecutive NCAA Division II national championships. Two of which, the 2019 indoor and outdoor titles, were earned while Logan fought B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. The dozens of accolades are far outnumbered by the lives Logan impacted throughout his career. The Logan family currently plans to have a private service and will announce a celebration of his life at a later date.