Thomas College

Ian Wilson was hired as the Head Track & Field Coach in September of 2016. He was promoted to Director of Track & Field and Cross Country in 2024. Wilson now enters his 11th year at the helm of the Men's and Women's Track & Field programs.

he Terriers won the Men's North Atlantic Conference Championship for the 2022/23 outdoor season, the first championship in program history. In 2022/23 the Terriers, led by Wilson, had 24 All-Conference selections across both men's and women's track & field teams. In the 2023/24 season, the Terriers won the Women's North Atantic Conference Championship in the outdoor season.

The Terriers became an official varsity team in the 2018-19 season, with both men’s and women’s teams finishing third in their first conference championships with 15 All-Conference selections.

Prior to coaching at Thomas, Wilson was an assistant at Colby College for two years, where he coached an All-American in the Indoor Pentathlon. Before moving to the collegiate coaching ranks, Wilson coached for 22 years in Maine high schools where he guided 25 teams to track & field state championships, and another 3 to soccer state titles. Between soccer and track, he coached 8 high school All-Americans.

Wilson graduated from Bates College with a degree in Philosophy, and he earned an MS in Kinesiology from the University of Texas at Permian Basin. He holds a Level 1 USATF certificate, and Level 2 certificates in Endurance, Jumps and Sprints. He has completed the USTFCCCA Master’s Jumps program, S&C program, and Advanced Speed & Strength program.