Joe Brogdon enters his 11th year as a volunteer coach for the Eastern Oregon Track & Field team in 2021-22. Brogdon predominantly works with the javelin throwers and will begin his 46th year coaching overall, beginning in 1975.
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After retiring from La Grande High School, Brogdon started helping out the EOU pole vault coach. Then in the 2013-14 school year, Brogdon took over as the javelin coach when more javelin throwers joined the program.Â
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Brogdon coached national champion Pancho Saldana in 2017 in the javelin when Saldana set the school record mark of 221-5. He also worked with national champion pole vaulters Shawn Tremble, Robbie Haynie, and Tali Fagen. He has coached 19 national qualifiers in the javelin: one in 2015, four in 2016, four in 2017, two in 2018, four in 2019, and four in 2021. hH has helped produce a All-American javelin throw every year since 2016, with two coming in the 2021 season
Brogdon graduated from the University of Idaho in 1974, competing for the Vandal track & field squad from 1971-74 as a javelin thrower and pole vaulter. He also competed for two years at Chaffey College in Southern California.
Joe and his wife Dee are retired school teachers in La Grande
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School Records
Pancho Saldana Javelin: 221-5
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All-Americans
2nd Pancho Saldana, 2016: 203-2
1st Pancho Saldana, 2017: 221-5
6th Makayla Ackers, 2018: 137-7
8th Karianne Zollman, 2019: 140-2
6th Moses McAninch, 2021: 199-1
6th Karianne Zollman, 2021: 141-4
