Frank Sevigne was the head men's track coach at Nebraska from 1955 until his retirement in 1983. Before coming to Nebraska, Sevigne was the head men's coach at the University of Georgetown. During his tenure at Nebraska, Sevigne's teams won both the indoor and outdoor Big 8 Conference Championships. Sevigne coached many notable athletes including Keith Gardener, 1960 Olympian; Lynn Edmonds, 1964 and 1968 Olympian; and 1968 Olympian Charlie Green, who tied world records in the 60 an 100 yards and broke the world record in the 100-meters.

The University of Nebraska hosts the Frank Sevigne Invitational Track & Field Meet, which attracts more than 150 teams from the Midwest each year. Nebraska remains a perennial national powerhouse, jumpstarted by Frank Sevigne in the mid 1950s.