Maurice Malcolm "Mac" Wilkins (born November 15, 1950) is an American athlete, who competed mainly in the discus throw.
Distance running coach Bill Bowerman recruited Wilkins to the University of Oregon, where he threw the javelin 257' 8" (78.43m) as a 19-year-old freshman.
Wilkins competed for the United States in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the discus throw, where he won the gold medal with a distance of 221' 5" to defeat Wolfgang Schmidt of East Germany by four feet.
[3] Wilkins won a silver medal in the discus throw at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles.
In August 2013, Wilkins left Concordia University to coach for USA Track & Field in Chula Vista, California.