Tom Bichy has dedicated 37 years to Montgomery College as a teacher and coach. From 1968 to 2005, he was a professor in the Rockville Campus’ Health and Physical Education Department; for twenty-four of those years he was also the campus athletic director. As a result of his years of distinguished service, the Montgomery College Board of Trustees awarded him the Silver Medallion and the status of Professor Emeritus in 2006. 

Mr. Bichy spent most of his years at MC as the head coach of the men’s soccer team. In 1997, he was named the National Soccer Coaches’ Division III Coach of the Year for Junior Colleges, and in 2005, he was selected to the National Junior College Athletic Association Men’s Soccer Hall of Fame. He currently holds the record for most soccer games won by an NJCAA coach, with 471 wins. 

He has also coached women’s tennis and basketball and assistant coached men’s baseball on the Rockville Campus. In 1998, Mr. Bichy was named to the Frederick County, Maryland, Sports Hall of Fame for participation in sports and coaching at Montgomery College. He was also inducted to the NJCAA Region XX Hall of Fame for outstanding coaching and administrative leadership as an athletic director.