Erik Larson has been the Director of Athletics at Lackawanna College since February 2021, after being elevated from the Assistant Athletic Director position he had held since 2019.
In his time at Lackawanna College, Erik has spearheaded initiatives to grow the Lackawanna College athletics brand, including “Falcons’ Corner,” a weekly web show and podcast on the Lackawanna College Athletics YouTube channel that recaps the week in Lackawanna College Athletics. Larson also helped improve the College’s ability to livestream and broadcast its home athletics events, continuously adding cameras, graphics, and more enhancements to provide a professional broadcast.
Larson also revived the Lackawanna Student Athlete Advisory Committee (LSAAC), a committee comprised of student-athlete leaders from each sport that meets monthly with College administration officials and employees to learn more about Lackawanna and provide feedback on their student-athlete experience.
Since Larson arrived, the Falcons have had great success on a national scale, which includes a national championship appearance in 2019 for football, a national tournament appearance for women’s basketball in both 2019 and 2021, four separate trips to the Division II World Series for baseball, the first region championship in nine years for men’s basketball, and the first region championship for women’s volleyball in 17 years.
Erik serves on several committees for the NJCAA in both a regional and national capacity. He is a member of the Division I Football and Women’s Wrestling Sports Committees. He holds leadership roles in Region XIX as the Men’s Assistant Director, the presiding Chair of the Softball Committee, and he is a member of the Championship Events, Standards, and Ethics committee, along with the Region XIX Baseball committee.
Larson’s vision for the next steps for Lackawanna College really began to take shape after the COVID-19 pandemic, and his tireless work, along with that of his colleagues in leadership at Lackawanna and the hard work done by his athletics staff, has placed Lackawanna College in this position to take a great leap forward.
Before coming to Lackawanna, Larson worked as the Athletic Director and Athletic Trainer at Carbondale Area High School. Larson helped bring technological advancements to help improve fan experience while at Carbondale, while also helping lead fundraising efforts to improve facilities. Larson also served on the executive committee within the Lackawanna Interscholastic Athletic Association (LIAA), the local league body for high school teams competing in Lackawanna county and its neighboring counties.
Larson holds a Master’s degree in Education from St. Joseph’s College, while also holding a Bachelor’s of Science in Athletic Training from Houghton College. He’s married to his wife, Denise, and is a proud father of four children.
