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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) Five-time MHSAA Champion coach (1994–1996, track; 2011 & 2012, 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 Michigan Home Building Record MHSAA All-time Records |
Michigan Wolverines All-time Records
60-meter High Hurdles (1986–)
110 m hurdles (1985–)
Michigan Home Building Record
60-meter High Hurdles (1986–)
MHSAA All-time Records
110 m hurdles (1981–1986)
Thomas Wilcher is a high school athletic coach and teacher who was previously a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I track and field national champion in the indoor 55 m hurdles and a three-time NCAA All-American in track and field for the University of Michigan. 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.
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. He was also a Junior Olympics champion in the 110 m hurdles and an All-state and All-American tailback in football. He was also an All-City swimmer.