Michael Child of Houston, Texas, began serving as a member of the Board of Governors of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2015.

He was a member of the state champion wrestling team at Midwest City High School in Midwest City, Oklahoma, and lettered in football and wrestling at Colorado State University, where he was a two-time Academic All-American. He competed in freestyle wrestling after college, including the 1992 Olympic Trails. Mike’s competitive wrestling career ended in 1993 when he donated a kidney to his younger brother, Mark.

Mike was an assistant wrestling coach at Midwest City High School for almost 10 years.

He has worked in the automotive retail industry for more than 20 years, beginning Oklahoma with the Hudiburg Auto Group and continuing for the last 15 years as a general manager with AutoNation, which is America’s largest automotive retailer with over 200 sales and service locations in 17 states.

Mike, who has won AutoNation’s coveted President’s Award a record nine times, lives in Richmond, Texas, with his wife, Maria; daughter, Francesca; and son, Michael, Jr.