BOONE, N.C. — App State Athletics has named Logan Jones as the Director of Olympic Athletic Performance.
Jones comes to the High Country after spending nearly four years as a strength and conditioning coach for the Chicago White Sox, where he led performance, conditioning and nutritional operations for assigned associates in the organization.
Prior to his time with the White Sox, Jones also worked in Major League Baseball as a strength and conditioning coach with the Arizona Diamondbacks from 2018-22. In that role, he collaborated with the sports medicine and performance team to deliver high-performance support across all levels of the organization.
Jones was named Low A West Strength & Conditioning Coach of the Year in 2021, the Strength & Conditioning Coach of the Year for the South Atlantic League in 2024 and was selected as the Diamondbacks' Sports Medicine & Performance Team Member of the Year in 2018 and 2020.
A native of Zebulon, N.C., Jones was a team captain during his four years as a baseball standout at Guilford College, where he contributed as an infielder and outfielder before closing his career as a standout relief pitcher. He graduated from Guilford in 2017 and earned a master's degree in parks, recreation, tourism and sports management from NC State in 2023.
Following graduation, Jones served as a strength and conditioning intern at Kentucky and a sports performance intern at Wake Forest. In those roles, he helped implement tailored training programs across multiple sports, assisted with daily workouts and data tracking and contributed to research in advanced performance methodologies.
Jones and his wife Courtney, whom he met while she was playing softball at Guilford College, will be relocating to the High Country from Winston-Salem.
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