Ashland in Ashland County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Jud Logan

Head Track and Field Coach

Photographed by Craig Doda, April 5, 2025

1. Jud Logan Marker

Inscription. Logan served as AU's head Track and Field Coach from 2005-2022 and was Ashland's throws coach for 13 years prior to that. As the head coach, he guided the men's program to three consecutive NCAA Division II Championships 2019 indoors and outdoors and 2021 indoors. As a head coach, his teams earned 42 top 10 national placements and his student-athletes won 59 individual National Championships and collected 457 All-America Honors. Logan earned 23 Coach of the Year Awards. A world class thrower, he was a four-time United States Olympian (1984, 1988, 1992, 2000) and also competed in the Pan-American Games, the Goodwill Games and the World Championships. At one point he held the American record of 268-8 in the hammer throw. Logan was the 1987 Pan-American Games men's hammer throw champion. He was a 2002 inductee into the Ohio Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches Hall of Fame, a 2015 inductee into the National Throws Coaches Association Throwers Hall of Fame and a 2024 inductee into the USTFCCCA Hall of Fame.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Sports. A significant historical year for this entry is 2019.

Location. 40° 51.765′ N,

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82° 19.547′ W. Marker is in Ashland, Ohio, in Ashland County. It is at the intersection of Broad Street and Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling west on Broad Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 800 Broad St, Ashland OH 44805, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Amish Country.

It is also in the American Midwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Katie (Nageotte) Moon (here, next to this marker); Coach Fred Martinelli (within shouting distance of this marker); Bill A. Royce (within shouting distance of this marker); Founding of Ashland College / Ashland Eagles Tradition (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); September 11, 2001 Memorial (about 600 feet away); Ashland College Alumni Veterans Memorial (approx.

Photographed by Craig Doda, April 5, 2025

2. Jud Logan Marker

0.2 miles away); Front Porch (approx. 0.2 miles away); Campo Prayer Garden (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ashland.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 11, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 15, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 103 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 15, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.