Prior to St. Cloud State, Larson served as an assistant coach at his alma mater Minnesota Duluth from 2015-18, his second stint at with the Bulldogs. He also was an assistant with the Bulldogs from 2008-11 and helped Minnesota Duluth win the NCAA Division-I national championship in 2011 and 2018. The Bulldogs made five NCAA tournament appearances during Larson’s tenure, finished as the NCAA runner-up in 2017, won the NCHC playoff title in 2017 and the WCHA playoff championship in 2009. At UMD, Larson coached and/or recruited one Hobey Baker Award winner, five All-Americans, eight future NHLers and one U.S. Olympian.
In addition to his time at UMD, Larson served as head coach and general manager with the USHL’s Sioux City Musketeers from 2011-13. He spent two seasons in Sioux City and led that team to the USHL playoffs in 2011-12. Larson, who served as the head coach for gold medal-winning Team USA at the 2012 World Junior A Challenge, returned to the collegiate ranks in 2013 when he joined the staff at Ohio State as an associate head coach.