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2026 La Crosse Loggers Baseball There’ s No Place Like Copeland
Chris Goodell
Team President Email: cgoodell @ lacrosseloggers. com
Chris Goodell is enjoying his 27th season in the Northwoods League and has been involved with the La Crosse Loggers since their inception in 2003. After serving as the General Manager for sixteen seasons, Goodell moved into the role of Team President prior to the 2019 season. During Goodell’ s tenure, La Crosse has ranked top-five in summer collegiate attendance during each of the team’ s first 17 seasons of existence and is one of only two summer collegiate teams to draw over 100,000 fans for eleven consecutive seasons. Goodell also had the honor of receiving the prestigious Northwoods League Executive of the Year Award on two separate occasions, in 2004 and 2012. Along with helping lead the business side of the Loggers, Goodell also spearheads the player recruitment and advancement for the club. 34 former Loggers( to-date) have received“ The Call” up to the big leagues since 2003 including the likes of Max Scherzer, Chris Sale, Matt Chapman, Lars Nootbaar and more. Hundreds of other alums have been drafted into professional baseball with the Loggers annually having one of the top draft classes in the Northwoods League. Goodell has also had the privilege of working with two former Logger coaches who are now in Major League Baseball( Andy Mckay – Seattle Mariners, Ethan Katz – Chicago White Sox) as well as a pair of former players who are also coaches in the bigs( Pete Woodworth – Seattle Mariners, Justin Toole – Seattle Mariners).
Prior to La Crosse, Goodell served as the Assistant General Manager with the Waterloo Bucks for three-plus seasons( 1999-2001), during which Waterloo made three consecutive playoff appearances and broke the national record for attendance in a single season for summer collegiate baseball in 2001.
Following his tenure in Waterloo, Goodell stepped away from the Northwoods League for one year, while staying involved in the sports business. He worked as a sales executive for the ESPN Radio and ABC television affiliate( KCRG-TV 9) in northeast Iowa. During that same time, Goodell also served as the official statistician for the Cedar Rapids Kernels Baseball Club, the Class A affiliate of the Anaheim Angels.
Goodell currently resides in Holmen, Wisconsin, with his wife Shannon. The couple have three children: Carson( 26), Hayden( 22) and Adalyn( 19).
Goodell was also a board member of the UW-La Crosse“ L Club” and formerly served on the Junior Achievement board, La Crosse Area Sports Commission, and Holmen Viking Wrestling Club board. In 2009 and 2012, Goodell was named the La Crosse Tribune“ Sports Person of the Year”.
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