An accomplished line coach who has spent time in the Pac-12, SEC and Mountain West, Ricky Logo was announced as a member of Barry Odom’s staff on Dec. 28, 2022.
Logo’s first season overseeing the defensive line at UNLV saw junior Jalen Dixon earn Second Team All-Mountain West honors as one of 10 different tackles and ends posting at least one quarterback sack for the Mountain West regular-season champions.
Logo came to Las Vegas after finishing a season coaching the defensive line on head coach Terry Bowden’s staff at ULM. Prior to joining the Warhawks, Logo was at Washington State in 2020-21 as defensive tackles coach for head coach Nick Rolovich. In his first season in Pullman, the Wazzu defense produced four All-Pac-12 selections, led the league with eight forced fumbles and was fourth in rush defense (154.8), a 30-yard improvement from the previous season. Logo worked the 2018-19 seasons coaching the defensive line for Rolovich at Hawai’i, helping UH to back-to-back bowl games including a 10-5 mark and Hawaii Bowl win over BYU in 2019. Logo tutored four All-Mountain West selections his last two seasons in Honolulu and saw the 2018 defense tally 30 sacks, the most for UH in seven years.
Prior to Hawai’i, he worked three seasons at Colorado State (2015-17) as defensive line coach, helping lead the Rams to three bowl appearances. Prior to moving to Fort Collins, Logo coached the defensive line at Houston (2012-14), helping the Cougars to a 2014 Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl victory, and worked one season at Furman University.
Logo coached four seasons in the SEC at Vanderbilt (2007-10) and was part of a staff that led the Commodores to their first winning season since 1982. Logo also worked five seasons at Troy University, two as co-defensive coordinator where he coached a pair of future NFL All-Pro linemen in Osi Umenyiora (New York Giants) and Demarcus Ware (Dallas Cowboys). Logo began his coaching career at Tennessee-Chattanooga in 1995 where he spent six seasons as the Mocs’ defensive line coach before being promoted to defensive coordinator for one season in 2001. He spent one season at Western Carolina (2002), where he also assumed the title as assistant head coach.
Logo played nose tackle at North Carolina State, helping the Wolfpack to four consecutive bowl games. As a senior in 1992, he was named team captain, earned All-ACC and Third Team All-America honors and played in the Hula Bowl, the Japan All-Star Game and the East-West Shrine Game. The Santa Ana, California, native earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology from North Carolina State.
LOGO’S COACHING FILE
2023-PR UNLV – Defensive Line
2022 ULM – Defensive Line
2020-21 Washington State – Defensive Line
2018-19 Hawai’i – Defensive Line
2015-17 Colorado State – Defensive Line
2012-14 Houston – Defensive Line
2011 Furman – Defensive Line
2007-10 Vanderbilt – Defensive Line
2005-06 Troy – Co-Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Line
2002-04 Troy – Defensive Line
2002 Western Carolina – Assistant Head Coach, Defensive Line
2001 UT Chattanooga – Defensive Coordinator
1995-2000 UT Chattanooga – Defensive Line
