Background
He was born in Eugene, Oregon and graduated in 1969 from Beaverton High School in Beaverton, Oregon.
He was born in Eugene, Oregon and graduated in 1969 from Beaverton High School in Beaverton, Oregon.
He was 5th in the 1988 Games in Seoul of Korea. Wilkins was recruited to the University of Oregon by the famous distance running coach Bill Bowerman where he threw the javelin 78.44m, 257" 8" as a 19-year-old freshman. He was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1994.
Wilkins broke the World"s Record Four times in his career.
During his discus throw series on May 1, 1976 in San Jose, California, he set the world record three times with consecutive throws of 69.80m, 70.24m, and 70.86m. Mac was ranked #1 in the World in 1976 and 1980 in the discus.
From 2006 through 2013 Wilkins coached the throws at Concordia University, an National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics school, in Portland, Oregon. In August 2013, Wilkins left Concordia University to coach for USATF in Chula Vista California.