Logan Salow joined the Eastern Kentucky University baseball staff in June of 2025. He serves as the team’s pitching coach.
In his first season with the Colonels in 2026, Salow helped the team to seven more wins than the year before. EKU ended the season by winning three straight games and eight of its final 11 contests. Under his guidance, pitcher Jacob Price was chosen to third team All-Atlantic Sun Conference. Price was picked as the ASUN Pitcher of the Week twice. He turned in seven quality starts during the season and went 3-0 with a 1.35 ERA in his final three starts.
Before joining the Colonel program, Salow spent two seasons on the staff at the University of Kentucky after concluding his professional career in 2023. He joined the UK staff in 2024 as a graduate assistant and was promoted to director of scouting and analytics before the 2025 season. He was the lead video and statistical analysis for player development, with a primary focus on pitching performance and mechanics.
The Ashland, Kentucky native capped his 4-year playing career as a Wildcat with an outstanding senior season in 2017. He earned first team All-Southeastern Conference honors after recording 12 saves with a 1.95 ERA and 73 strikeouts in 55 1/3 innings. He limited opponents to a .188 batting average and tied the program record for most saves in a season.
The Oakland Athletics drafted Salow in the sixth round with the 171st overall pick of the 2017 MLB Draft. He opened his pro career in the Atheltics’ organization before being traded in 2018 to the Los Angeles Dodgers where he advanced to Triple-A. In five seasons of professional baseball, Salow went 14-7 with a 2.76 ERA and 10 saves in 141 appearances. He struck out 245 batters in 186 innings and held opponents to a .191 average.
Salow earned a bachelor’s of arts degree in kinesiology exercise science at UK in 2017.
