- Ed Weichers
Eddie Weichers has been the head boxing coach at the
United States Air Force Academy since 1976, and has led the Academy's boxing team to 18 national collegiate boxing championships.As a collegian, Coach Weichers left football to take up boxing. He eventually won the 190-pound championship for
West Chester University in 1973. He started as an assistant coach at his alma mater when, in 1976, was offered the coaching job at the Air Force Academy. [* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4191/is_20020302/ai_n10001776 Karl Licis, Knockout program: AFA Boxing Coach Celebrates 25 Years of Success, Colorado Springs Gazette, Mar. 2, 2002] ] Under Coach Weichers' leadership, the Academy has has produced 258 All-American boxers, 96 individual national champions, and 18 national championship teams. In the last 27 years, his teams have never finished lower than second in the nation. [ [http://goairforcefalcons.cstv.com/sports/m-box/mtt/weichers_eddie00.html Air Force Sports biography, "available at" http://goairforcefalcons.cstv.com/sports/m-box/mtt/weichers_eddie00.html] ]Weichers has conducted coaching seminars throughout the world, including clinics in
Australia ,Guatemala ,New Zealand ,Jamaica ,Tahiti andGranada . While working as a boxing clinician for theOlympic Solidarity Boxing Program , he was selected to coach theAustralian Olympic Boxing team, which competed in the 1984 games inLos Angeles . He also served as trainer and coach forAustralia 's professional world champions,Jeff Fenech and Jeff Harding. He has served as president and vice-president of theNational Collegiate Boxing Association (NCBA).Originally from
New Orleans , Weichers holds a bachelor's of science degree in health and physical education from West Chester and a master's in arts and sports sciences from theUniversity of Denver . He is currently an associate professor in thephysical education department at the Academy.Notes
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