Thomas Wilcher

Who is Thomas Wilcher?

Thomas Wilcher is a high school athletic coach and teacher who was previously a National Collegiate Athletic Association 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 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.

As of 2013, Wilcher is the head coach for the football team and the boy's track & field team as well as the physical education teacher at Cass Technical High School in Detroit.