Ted Nelson (coach)

Ted Nelson (born c. 1942) is the former head track and field coach at Texas A&M University.[1]

Coaching career: 1966-graduate assistant coach; 1967-89 assistant coach; 1989-90 assistant head coach; 1990-2004 head coach. Nelson retired in 2004 and was replaced by Pat Henry

A 2-time Big 12 Coach of the Year, Nelson's 400-meter relay team finished second at the NCAA meet three times and won the national title in 1988 and won another title in 1997. A&M's 1600-meter relay won the outdoor championship in 1989 and an indoor crown in 1994. During his 14 years as head coach, Nelson led the Aggies to one Big 12 team championship and 17 Top 25 men's and women's team finishes at nationals.

While an athlete at Texas A&M Nelson once owned 13 school records. Including: 1964 Southwest Conference record holder in 440-yard dash, 1964 SWC champion in 440- yard dash and he was a 1965 Aggie football letterman.

References

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US National Championship winners in men's indoor 800-meter dash
1906–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1906–7: Mel Sheppard 1908–10: Harry Gissing 1911: Abel Kiviat 1912: no meet 1913–4: Abel Kiviat 1915: Dan Caldwell 1916–7: John Overton 1918–20: Joie Ray 1921: Sid Leslie 1922: Harold Cutbill 1923: Ray Watson 1924: George Marsters 1925: Lloyd Hahn 1926: Ray Dodge 1927: Lloyd Hahn 1928–9: Ray Conger 1930: Paul Martin (SUI) * Ray Conger 1931: Ray Conger 1932: Dale Letts 1933: Glen Dawson 1934: Chuck Hornbostel 1935: Glen Dawson 1936: Chuck Hornbostel 1937: Elroy Robinson 1938: Frank Slater 1939–42: John Borican 1943: Jim Rafferty 1944: Les Eisenhart 1945: Don Burnham 1946: Fred Sickinger 1947: Bill McGuire 1948: Phil Thigpen 1949: Bob Mealey 1950–1: Roscoe Browne 1952: Don Gehrmann 1953: Heinz Ulzheimer (FRG) * Don Gehrmann 1954: Mal Whitfield 1955–7: Arnie Sowell 1958: Zbigniew Orywał (POL) * Joe Soprano 1959: Zbigniew Orywał (POL) * (3) Arnie Sowell 1960: Cary Weisiger 1961: Ernie Cunliffe 1962: John Reilly 1963: Bill Crothers (CAN) * Robin Lingle 1964: Ernie Cunliffe 1965–6: Ted Nelson 1967: Preston Davis 1968: Tom Von Ruden 1969: Herb Germann 1970: Juris Luzins 1971: Tom Von Ruden 1972: Jozef Plachý (TCH) * (3) Ron Nehring 1973: Marcel Philippe 1974–6: Rick Wohlhuter 1977: Mike Boit 1978: Gideon Terer 1979: Evans White
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980–1: Bill Martin 1982: Don Paige 1983: Mark Belger 1984: Don Paige 1985: Edwin Koech (KEN) 1986: Johnny Gray 1987: Stanley Redwine 1988–91: Ray Brown 1992: Fred Williams (CAN) * (3) Ray Brown
1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Stanley Redwine 1994: David Kiptoo (KEN) 1995: Joseph Tengelei (KEN)–Jose Parrilla 1996: Brandon Rock 1997–8: Mark Everett 1999: Khadevis Robinson 2000: Bryan Woodward 2001: Trinity Gray 2002: Derrick Peterson 2003: David Krummenacker 2004: Michael Stember 2005: Kevin Hicks 2006: Khadevis Robinson 2007: Nicholas Symmonds 2008–9: Khadevis Robinson 2010: Nick Symmonds 2011–2: Duane Solomon 2013–4: Erik Sowinski 2015: Robby Andrews 2016: Boris Berian 2017: Clayton Murphy 2018: Donavan Brazier 2019: Clayton Murphy 2020: Bryce Hoppel
Notes	*Distances have varied as follows: 1000 yards (1906–1986), 800 meters (1987–date) except 1000 meters (2015, 2017,2019)

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