In 2017, with support from the City of Coos Bay, friends of Steve Prefontaine, the Prefontaine family and the Prefontaine Foundation, three murals, designed by Erik Nicolaisen and produced by artists of Old City Artists, LLC were completed. They depict three significant stages of Pre’s running career: as a national record-setting Marshfield High School runner, his ascent as a collegiate athlete at the University of Oregon and his post-collegiate years highlighted by his performance in the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany.

The murals are a vivid reminder of the larger-than-life impact Prefontaine had on so many, his enduring love of competitive running and his hometown of Coos Bay.