CEO Doug Logan ousted by USA Track & Field board after vote

USA Track & Field CEO Logan ousted by board

INDIANAPOLIS — Doug Logan’s tenure as CEO of USA Track and Field has come to an end.

The Board of Directors voted over the weekend in Las Vegas to make a change in leadership. Logan was CEO since July 2008.

Chief operating officer Mike McNees will assume the leadership duties while the board begins its search for a new CEO.

“We sincerely thank Doug for his efforts and his passionate focus on our sport,” USATF president and chair Stephanie Hightower said in a statement Monday. “After undertaking an evaluation over the course of the past few months, our Board has decided it is in our best interests to engage different leadership to move the sport forward.”

Hightower said the board will pursue its strategic plan developed in July 2009 and “accelerate our realization of this vision and plan.”

Logan was hired shortly before the 2008 Olympics and tried to bring big changes to his sport after the U.S. team won a disappointing 23 medals in Beijing. Logan appointed a panel to study the way USATF worked and suggest changes.