Dave Logan (American football)
| Date of birth: | February 2, 1954 |
| Place of birth: | Fargo, North Dakota |
| Career information | |
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| Position(s): | Wide receiver |
| College: | Colorado |
| NFL Draft: | 1976 / Round: 3 / Pick 65 |
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| As player: | |
| 1976-1983 1984 |
Cleveland Browns Denver Broncos |
| Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com | |
David Russell Logan (born February 2, 1954 in Fargo, North Dakota) is a former American football player, radio personality, and high school coach. Logan played in nine National Football League seasons from 1976 to 1984, primarily for the Cleveland Browns. He has been a major voice on 850 KOA in Denver for over 20 years and the "Voice of the Broncos" for over 15 years. Logan has coached 19 seasons of high school football. His teams have made 17 post season appearances including 6 state championships. Logan, along with Dave Winfield is one of only two players to be drafted by the NBA, NFL, and MLB.
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[edit] Player
Dave Logan was an all-stater football player at Wheat Ridge High School. While in high school, he won the The Denver Post Gold Helmet Award. An award for the state's top senior football player, scholar and citizen.[1] Out of high school, Logan was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 19th round as a pitcher/infielder.[2]
Logan instead chose to attend the University of Colorado where he lettered in both basketball and football. In 1974, he was selected as by Playboy as a Pre-season All-American. In 1975, he was selected by the Sporting News as an All-American.[2] In 1976, he was drafted by the NBA Kansas City Kings in the ninth round and the third pick of the Cleveland Browns. He is one of only two players ever drafted by the NBA, NFL, and MLB.[3]
Logan played for the Cleveland Browns (1976–83) and the Denver Broncos (1984). As a Cleveland Brown, Logan ranked among the top 5 in "virtually every receiving category in the franchise record books."[3]
[edit] Radio personality
After leaving football, Logan began a career in radio. From 1993-2005, he and Scott Hastings hosted "The Zoo" on 850KOA. Since Hasting's departure, Logan continued to broadcast during the same time period with other radio personalities. From 2005-2011, Dave Logan and Lois Melkonian hosted a show in the same time period called "The Ride Home." In 2011 Lois moved to Houston and the show was renamed the "Dave Logan Show." He was the 1997 Broadcast Citizen of the Year in Colorado, and has won Colorado Sportscaster of the Year three times (1992, '93, and '98).[3]
Dave Logan served as the color analyst for the Denver Broncos for seven years before becoming the "voice of the Broncos" in 1996. He and color commentator Brian Griese currently call the Broncos games on 850 KOA radio.[3] The current color commentator for the Bronco's is former Bronco Brian Griese.
[edit] Coaching
Despite being a full time radio personality, Dave Logan began coaching high school football in 1993 at Arvada West. He then moved to Chatfield in 2000 and to J. K. Mullen High School in 2003.[1] As of 2012, Logan has taken his teams to the playoffs 17 times and won six state championships in 19 seasons of coaching.[1] Logan is the only person in Colorado Prep history to coach Division 5A championship football teams at three different schools (Arvada West, Chatfield, and Mullen).[3] He is known for donating his coaching salary to his assistant coaches.[1]
On January, 11, 2012, Mullen's president and CEO Ryan Clement announced that Logan would no longer be coaching the team because the school wanted a coach "who can be a full-time member of the school community and be engaged in every facet."[1] Days after his firing, Mullen High School self reported various recruiting violations to the Colorado High School Athletic Association. The full extent of the violations have not been made public and it is unknown if Logan was aware that the transgressions occurred.[4] The preliminary review of the evidence indicates that the infractions were minor and might not result in sanctions.[4] Two weeks after being fired from Mullen, Logan was hired to coach football at Mullen's rival Cherry Creek High School.
In 2009, Dave launched TeamDaveLogan.com, a web-based consumer referral network of home improvement providers.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e Devlin, Niel (12 Jan 2012). "Mullen High dismisses Dave Logan as football coach". Denver Post. http://www.denverpost.com/recommended/ci_19724883. Retrieved 24 Jan 2012.
- ^ a b "Dave Logan, Football & Basketball". University of Colorado. http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=1506595. Retrieved 24 Jan 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "Meet the Broncos Radio Network Broadcast team". 850 KOA Radio. http://www.broncosradionetwork.com/pages/broadcast_bios.html. Retrieved 24 Jan 2012.
- ^ a b Devlin, Niel (20 Jan 2012). "Dave Logan says he wasn't named in Mullen's report on possible violations". The Denver Post. http://www.denverpost.com/preps/ci_19780120. Retrieved 24 Jan 2012.
- KOA radio bio
- http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=1601835
- http://www.TeamDaveLogan.com
- http://www.denverpost.com/preps/ci_19721639
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- 1954 births
- Living people
- People from Fargo, North Dakota
- American football wide receivers
- University of Colorado alumni
- Colorado Buffaloes football players
- Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball players
- Cleveland Browns players
- Denver Broncos broadcasters
- Denver Broncos players
- National Football League announcers
- High school football coaches in the United States
- Parade High School All-Americans (football)
- American sports radio personalities
- Kansas City Kings draft picks
