Leo Long

Long was born in Oklahoma, traveled to California during the Great Depression, and attended high school in Nyssa, Oregon, where he was a track star in the javelin at Nyssa High School. He attended Stanford University, where he was the individual javelin champion at the 1954 NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship.{{cite news|last=Reid |first=John |work=Palo Alto Daily News |date=2008-04-24 |title=Track record says dedication Long overdue |accessdate=2008-07-10 |url=http://www.paloaltodailynews.com/article/2008-4-24-prep-lookout |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715043338/http://www.paloaltodailynews.com/article/2008-4-24-prep-lookout |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 15, 2011 }}{{cite book|last=Migdol|first=Gary|title=Stanford: Home of Champions|pages=135|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ntBDmB_fYo8C&pg=PA5|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|date=1997 |location= |isbn=1-57167-116-1|accessdate = 2008-07-10}}

After earning a bachelor's degree from Stanford University and a master's degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Education, Long was hired as a track coach at Los Altos High School in 1956, coaching at the school from 1956–1963 and again from 1969–1981. During his tenure, the school won 15 league titles, two section championships, and a boys' California state championship in 1970. Long also coached 11 individual state champions, and three discus national record holders: Bob Stoecker, Chris Adams, and Scott Overton. He also coached the Pakistan Olympic team in 1958 and the Sudan Olympic team in 1960.

Long is a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame.{{cite web|title=The Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame |work=Stanford Athletics website |url=http://gostanford.cstv.com/trads/stan-trads-hof.html |accessdate=2008-07-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827092526/http://gostanford.cstv.com/trads/stan-trads-hof.html |archivedate=2008-08-27 }} In 2008, Los Altos High School renamed its track in his honor.

Long lived with his wife Nancy in Benbow, California, and then later in Lincoln, California. He died in his home in Lincoln, California on March 9, 2020 after suffering from a recent stroke, and other underlying health conditions.

{{Reflist}}

{{authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Long, Leo}}

Category:American male javelin throwers

Category:Stanford Cardinal men's track and field athletes

Category:People from Malheur County, Oregon

Category:American track and field coaches

Category:Living people

Category:Stanford Graduate School of Education alumni

Category:Track and field athletes from California

Category:People from Lincoln, California

Category:Sportspeople from Placer County, California

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Category:NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners