# Ed Weichers

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{{short description|American boxing trainer}}
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'''Eddie Weichers''' was the head boxing coach at the [United States Air Force Academy](/source/United_States_Air_Force_Academy) from 1976 to 2014, and served as an associate professor in the [physical education](/source/physical_education) department at the Academy. He led the academy's boxing team to 19 national collegiate boxing championships, making it the most successful collegiate program in the United States. 

Originally from [New Orleans](/source/New_Orleans), Weichers holds a Bachelor of Science degree in health and physical education from [West Chester University](/source/West_Chester_University) and a master's degree in arts and sports sciences from the [University of Denver](/source/University_of_Denver). While at West Chester, Coach Weichers left [football](/source/American_football) to take up boxing, and eventually won the 190-pound championship for West Chester University in 1973.

He started his coaching career as an assistant coach at his alma mater and, in 1976, was offered the coaching job at the Air Force Academy.<ref>[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]</ref> Under Coach Weichers' leadership, the academy produced 258 All-American boxers, 96 individual national champions, and 18 national championship teams. For 27 years, from 1980 to 2007, his teams never finished lower than second in the nation.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://goairforcefalcons.cstv.com/sports/m-box/mtt/weichers_eddie00.html |title=Air Force Sports biography|access-date=2007-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070510183426/http://goairforcefalcons.cstv.com/sports/m-box/mtt/weichers_eddie00.html |archive-date=2007-05-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Weichers has conducted coaching seminars throughout the world, including clinics in [Australia](/source/Australia), [Guatemala](/source/Guatemala), [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand), [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica), [Tahiti](/source/Tahiti) and [Grenada](/source/Grenada). While working as a boxing clinician for the [Olympic Solidarity Boxing Program](/source/Olympic_Solidarity_Boxing_Program), he was selected to coach the [Australian Olympic Boxing](/source/Australian_Olympic_Boxing) team, which [competed](/source/Boxing_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics) in the [1984 games](/source/1984_Summer_Olympics) in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles). He also served as trainer and coach for [Australia](/source/Australia)'s professional world champions, [Jeff Fenech](/source/Jeff_Fenech) and [Jeff Harding](/source/Jeff_Harding_(boxer)). He has served as president and vice-president of the [National Collegiate Boxing Association](/source/National_Collegiate_Boxing_Association) (NCBA).

Coach Weichers retired in 2014, and the Air Force Academy boxing facility was named after him in 2026. <ref>https://www.usafa.org/content/academy-boxing-gym-to-be-named-after-former-head-coach-eddie-weichers</ref>

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