Doug Logan’s run as chief exec of USATF nearing end?

The message board at Track & Field News is abuzz about news reports that Doug Logan, chief executive officer of USA Track & Field, is undergoing a tough job evaluation by the USATF board of directors and may lose his job. Among those directors is Willie Banks, the Olympian and masters jumper in Sacramento this weekend for masters nationals. Doug, a colorful writer, replaced the humorless, authoritarian Craig Masback in 2008 and brought some fresh ideas to USATF (but none that did much for masters track). How would Doug’s departure affect masters? Not sure. But his handpicked chief operating officer — masters liaison and occasional sprinter Mike McNees — might be worried about his gig as well (unless his contract protects him).

In September 2008, I posted this interview with Doug Logan. He answered every question but dodged most issues. I was planning to interview him again this summer, hoping to in him down on drug-testing, records ratification and support for masters at world championships. Maybe I’m too late.

But I’m curious what y’all of Senor Logan.


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July 22, 2010

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