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| Career information | |
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| Position(s) | Running back |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| College | Michigan (Football, Indoor and Outdoor Track) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Awards | NCAA Indoor 55 meter hurdles Champion (1986) Big Ten Outdoor 110 m hurdles Champion (1987) Big Ten football Championship team (1986) Junior Olympics 110 m hurdles Champion (1981) Ten-time MHSAA Champion athlete (1980–1982) Six-time MHSAA Champion coach (1994–1996, track; 2011, 2012 & 2016, football) |
| Honors | Outdoor Track All-American (1985, 1986) Indoor Track All-American (1986) Michigan High School Track and Cross Country Athlete of the Year (1981, 1982) Detroit Free Press Coach of the Year (1998) |
| Records | Michigan Wolverines All-time Records 60-meter High Hurdles (1986–) Michigan Home Building Record MHSAA All-time Records |
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Thomas Wilcher is a college football administrator for Michigan State University and former high school athletic coach and teacher as well as a former National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I track and field and college football athlete for the University of Michigan. He was the NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships national champion in the indoor 55 m hurdles and a three-time NCAA All-American in track and field (once indoor and twice outdoor). Wilcher was also a running back for the Michigan Wolverines football team from 1983–1986. In his redshirt senior year, he was a member of the Big Ten Conference football champion team as well as a 110 m hurdles Big Ten individual champion. Wilcher was a 9th round selection (226th overall) by the San Diego Chargers in the 1987 NFL Draft.
In high school, Wilcher was a Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) record-setting hurdler and four-time All-American. As an athlete, he is a ten-time MHSAA track and field champion and a two-time Michigan High School Track and Cross Country Athlete of the Year award winner.[1] He was also a Junior Olympics champion in the 110 m hurdles and an All-state and All-American tailback in football.[1][2][3][4] He was also an All-City swimmer.[4]
As of 2017[update], Wilcher is the head coach for the football team and the boys' track & field team as well as the physical education teacher at Cass Technical High School in Detroit. As a boys' track coach, he is a three-time MHSAA team track and field champion, and his school has also twice been the MHSAA runner up.[5] In his role as a football coach, he is a three-time MHSAA Division 1 champion and a former Detroit Free Press Coach of the Year who has produced five players who have been selected in the NFL draft.
- ^ a b "Michigan High School Track & Cross Country: Michigan High School Athletes of the Year". Michtrack.org. Archived from the original on October 20, 2007. Retrieved January 22, 2008.
- ^ Schram, Hal (May 28, 1982). "Central Steamrolls To PSL Track Title". Detroit Free Press. Newsbank. Retrieved November 26, 2008.
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