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Thomas Wilcher was 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. As an athlete, he is a ten-time MHSAA track and field champion and 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. As of 2008, Wilcher is the head coach for the football team and the boys' track & field team 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.