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.

The 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.

In 2026 the Terriers swept the NAC Championships, winning the titles in both Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field.

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.