Wofford College Athletics

Michael Wilson is entering his seventh year on the cross country and track and field staff at Wofford College. He was promoted to associate head coach in 2019 after four seasons as an assistant. He is responsible for coaching athletes in the multi-events, throws, high jump and pole vault. He also serves as the recruiting coordinator.
    
Last season the teams combined to win six Southern Conference championships and set 23 school records, along with 31 All-Southern Conference honors. During indoor track, Megan Dunn won the pentathlon and Kerrington Johnson won the 60 meter hurdles as the women finished second overall, the highest ever. Following the meet, Madeline McNinch was named the SoCon women’s indoor Freshman of the Year and Netanya Linares was named the Most Outstanding Athlete. At the SoCon outdoor championship, Kerrington Johnson won the 100 meter hurdles and 400 meter hurdles, Megan Dunn won the pentathlon and the 4x100 took first as the women finished second overall. The men were sixth with the second-highest point total in school history. Kerrington Johnson was named the Freshman of the Year. Isaiah Ellis, Tanner Henry, and Kerrington Johnson competed at the NCAA East Preliminaries, with Henry the first Wofford field athlete to compete at that event.
    
During the 2019-20 season the team picked up four individual Southern Conference championships. Hannah Steelman won the women’s cross country title for the second straight season. Twenty new school records were set during indoor track, with eight by the men and twelve by the women. At the Southern Conference championship, Megan Dunn won the pentathlon, Destiny Shippy won the 60 meter hurdles and Hannah Steelman took first in the 3,000 meters, with the team finishing a program-best fourth. Steelman added All-America honors in the event. Georgia McDevitt was named the SoCon women’s indoor Freshman of the Year.
    
In 2018-19 the team won eleven Southern Conference individual championships as part of the best season in school history. During indoor track, the men and women set eight new school records each. At the Southern Conference Championship, Conrad Heinrich won the heptathlon, McLeod Dean won the 60 meters and 200 meters to earn Most Outstanding Track Performer honors, while Amber Lust won the 60 meter hurdles. Hannah Steelman earned All-America honors in the 3,000 meters. In the outdoor season, the men set ten new school records and the women set 13 new records. At the Southern Conference Championship, the women were second overall and the men were fourth, both the best in school history. Isaiah Ellis, McLeod Dean and Hannah Steelman competed at the NCAA East Regional. Steelman went on to earn first team All-America honors in the 3,000 meter steeplechase and the 5,000 meters at the NCAA Championships.
    
During the 2017-18 season, the team won five Southern Conference individual championships, including Conrad Heinrich in the decathlon. Overall there were nine All-Southern Conference honors during indoor and ten following the outdoor season. During the indoor season, the men set seven new school records and the women broke 15 school marks. In the outdoor season, nine records were set by the men and twelve were broken by the women. Hannah Steelman became the program’s first All-American by running the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the NCAA Championships.
    
In 2016-17, Wofford showed continued improvement with 21 new school records in indoor and outdoor track and field. The team picked up seven All-Southern Conference honors, including in the women’s heptathlon, men’s decathlon, women’s pentathlon and men’s heptathlon.
    
In his first season with the Terriers, the squads set then-school records for point totals and finishes in cross country, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field. A total of 27 All-Freshman Team honors were received. Alexandra Burgess won the Southern Conference title in the outdoor triple jump.
    
Wilson came to Wofford from Tampa, Florida, where he served as an assistant track and field coach at H.B. Plant High School. There, he coached the field events and executed conditioning programs for the sprinters, jumpers and throwers. While in Tampa, Wilson also worked at D1 Sports Training, where he designed and implemented training programs for athletes, including NFL players Lance Moore, Andrew Hawkins, and Javier Arenas.
    
Prior to Tampa, Wilson held the position of assistant coach at Lees-McRae College from 2011-2013. He was responsible for coaching all of the field events and was responsible for recruiting for all of the field events. During his time at Lees-McRae, Wilson coached three NCAA Division II national qualifiers (two high jump and one pole vault) and fourteen Lees-McRae record holders.
    
Wilson graduated with a degree in Exercise Science from Appalachian State University. Competing in the pole vault, high jump, long jump and triple jump, he was a letter award winner all four years, Southern Conference Indoor Pole Vault Champion in 2008, a six time team Southern Conference Champion for indoor and outdoor track and field, and a four time All-Southern Conference performer.
    
Wilson is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the NSCA, USA Track and Field Level One Certified Coach. He earned a masters in physical education from the University of South Florida in December 2016.
    
A native of Asheville, N.C., Wilson is married to Becca Wilson who was also a stand-out athlete at Appalachian State and still holds the high jump record for indoor and outdoor track and field. They have a daughter, Sylvie.