Bob Larsen

Bob Larsen
Larsen in 2012
BornJanuary 23, 1939 (1939-01-23) (age 85)
OccupationTrack and field athletics coach

Bob Larsen (born January 23, 1939)[1] is a Hall of Fame Track and field athletics coach, known largely for coaching distance runners, though he has had success coaching across a full range of events. His most notable athlete is Mebrahtom Keflezighi, the 2004 Olympic silver medalist in the marathon.[2][3] Building on that success, Keflezighi won the men's division of the 2009 New York Marathon, and the 2014 Boston Marathon.[4] Previous to that Larsen coached the UCLA cross country and then track teams between 1979 and his retirement in 1999.

  1. ^ "Bob Larsen - 2013 Hall of Fame inductee". legacy.usatf.org. USA Track & Field. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  2. ^ Popovich, Nadja (September 20, 2016). "Marathon coach Bob Larsen: distance runners are 'almost like a race car'". The Guardian. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  3. ^ Miller, Bryce (December 7, 2017). "Wildfires force iconic coach Bob Larsen to scramble, sort singular life". San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  4. ^ Axon, Rachel (November 2, 2017). "Meb Keflezighi returns to New York for one last marathon". USA Today. Retrieved July 27, 2018.