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Watch the 2021 Bison Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Eighteen-time Summit League Coach of the Year...Earned 60 Coach of the Year honors at the conference, regional and national levels...Swept the Division II indoor and outdoor National Coach of the Year awards in 2004...1998 recipient of South Dakota State’s Ralph Ginn Award for coaching excellence...Inducted into the Howard Wood Dakota Relays Hall of Fame...2021 inductee of the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame...Coached 55 conference championship teams in the North Central Conference and Summit League...Successfully transitioned the Bison from Division II to Division I winning three Division I independent outdoor titles and one cross country crown...Had six individual competitors combine for 14 national championships...In 40 outdoor seasons, Larson’s track and field teams never finished lower than third in a conference meet...Won 21 NCC outdoor titles including a conference-record 13 straight from 1987-1999...Made seven Top 10 finishes at the NCAA Division II outdoor championships including eighth in 2003 and third in 2004 before reclassifying to Division I...Coached Bison teams that won 11 of 12 Summit League outdoor titles before retirement...Indoors, the Bison won 8 of 13 Summit League titles...NDSU tied for ninth at the 2019 NCAA Division I indoor meet behind two-time individual national champion Payton Otterdahl in the weight throw and shot put...Led 14 teams to NCC indoor championships and finished as high as fourth at the NCAA indoor championship (1989) in addition to three fifth-place finishes (1990, 1994, 2004) and seven other Top 10 showings...Coached nine cross country athletes to 13 NCAA Division II All-America awards...Competed for conference rival South Dakota State University (1971-76), capturing two All-America honors in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles in 1972 (6th) and 1975 (4th) to go along with seven NCC championships in track and field...Set three league records and still holds a share of the retired 600-yard indoor mark of 1:11.90 set in 1975.