Coach Mason grew up in Elkhorn and attended high school at Elkhorn South. He ran cross country and track at Elkhorn South and continued the sport in college at Nebraska Wesleyan University. He competed in the middle distance events in track, mainly the mile and 800, where he was a part of some of the fastest 4x800 relay teams in school history. Now Coach Mason teaches social studies and coaches cross country and track at Lincoln Southwest High School.