Army West Point Athletics
Baseball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- armybaseball@westpoint.edu
- Phone:
- 4929
Logan Parker is in his second season with the Black Knights in 2021 after joining the Army staff in August 2019. His primary roles include recruiting coordinator, hitting and infield coach.
After the abbreviated 2020 campaign, Army continued it's reign as League champion in 2021 with Parker in the dugout. Under his mentorship, the Black Knights posted a 13-10 conference record on their way to their third consecutive Patriot League Championship win. Parker helped guide seven Cadets to a spot on the All-Patriot League first and second teams, while helping Sam Ruta and Tim Simoes earn the conference's Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year awards, respectively.
The Black Knight’s offense was off to a strong start before the shortened 2020 season. Playing only 15 games including powerhouses Duke, Texas A&M, Campbell and Iowa the Black Knights were ranked second in the Patriot League with a team batting average of .268. They were also ranked first in hits and second in doubles and on-base percentage.
Prior to Army, Logan spent seven years as an assistant and associate head coach at Odessa College in Odessa, Texas. His responsibilities included recruiting, hitting and infield coach. He was also a member of the Department of Health and Physical Education faculty.
While at Odessa, Logan played an instrumental role in the transformation of the program. Offensively, the Wranglers maintained themselves as a nationally top ranked team in many categories and housed four NJCAA All-Americans and three MLB draft picks. In 2017 the Wranglers were WJCAC champions and Region V finalist or semi-finalist for five straight seasons. During his time with the program, OC had 60+ student-athletes accept baseball scholarships to various NCAA/NAIA programs. Logan is tireless in his work having recruited, developed and assisted numerous student-athletes in their transfer to power five programs.
Logan attended New Mexico Junior College then transferred to the University of Cincinnati where he completed his collegiate career earning a Bachelor of Science degree. In 2006 he was a 12th round draft pick by the Cincinnati Reds and played professional baseball for six seasons retiring in 2011. Logan had the opportunity to be coached and mentored by some of the best in the game most notably Ray Birmingham (University of New Mexico), Brad Meador (Director of Amateur Scouting, Cincinnati Reds) and David Bell (Manager, Cincinnati Reds). In 2016 he earned a Master of Science in Recreation and Sport Sciences from Ohio University.
Logan and his wife Mary have two daughters, Brooklyn and Kendall.
