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Coaching
Coach. Ted Larson’s teams were always on the run. As a head coach at Lincoln Southeast, Larson’s teams won 24 state championships from 1983 to 2001 – 13 in girls cross country, 10 in boys cross country and one in boys track. The girls cross country team put together a streak of nine straight state championships from 1989 to 1997. In 1992, the Knights boys and girls set scoring records at the state cross country meet, one of five years his teams won both state titles. The national Coach of the Year in 1995, he also coached two years at Lincoln East and two years at Waverly before moving to Southeast. After 2001, he became the first cross country coach at Lincoln Southwest, adding another conference championship (his 28th) and an individual state champion (his sixth) before retiring in 2008.

Teaching
Dr. Larson has a Doctorate from UNL and is the department chair of Social Studies at sn Southwest High School

Education
Ph.D. - UNL, 1992 M.Ed. - UNL, 1985 B.S. - UNL, 1976

Awards
2013: Lifetime achievement award for cross country from NE Coaches Association 2011: Inductee, Nebraska High School Athletic Hall of Fame 2010: Inductee, Lincoln Southeast Athletic Hall of Fame 1999: Milken Foundation National Educator Award 1995: Outstanding American History Teacher for Nebraska 1994: National Cross Country Coach of the Year 1993: Nebraska Cross Country Coach of the Year