Augie Schmidt IV, Head Coach

A proven winner with Carthage in his blood, Augie Schmidt IV begins his 22nd season as head baseball coach in 2009 (663-263-5, 21 years, a .715 career winning percentage).  Schmidt continues the winning tradition of his father, Augie Schmidt III, who won 276 games and five College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin championships in 18 years at Carthage.

In 20 seasons, Schmidt has transformed the Red Men from CCIW basement-dwellers to national contenders.  Under his tenure, Carthage has claimed eight outright CCIW divisional titles, one divisional-title tie, eight conference crowns, 14 NCAA regional berths, including nine-straight from 1992-2000, six regional titles, third-place finishes in both the 1993 and 1994 NCAA Division III Baseball Championships and fourth place in both 1995 and 1997.  For his efforts, Schmidt has been named American Baseball Coaches Association/Diamond Sports NCAA Division III Central Regional "Coach Of The Year" eight times (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2003 and 2007), won the ABCA/Louisville Slugger Conference Award seven times from 1993-99, and has been named CCIW "Baseball Coach of the Year" on nine occasions (1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2003 and 2007).

A native Kenoshan and a 1979 graduate of Bradford High School, Schmidt was drafted by Cincinnati Reds in the ninth round of that year’s Major League Baseball draft.  Schmidt opted to play collegiate ball at the University of New Orleans, where he was a three-year starter at shortstop.  In his junior year of 1982, he batted .372 with 14 home runs and 56 RBI, was named first-team All-America by both the American Baseball Coaches Association and by Baseball America and was honored by the United States Baseball Federation with the “Golden Spikes Award” as amateur baseball's player of the year.  In 2005, Schmidt was inducted into the Greater New Orleans Hall of Fame, and a plaque recognizing that honor hangs in the Louisiana Superdome.

Schmidt was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays as the second pick overall in the 1982 major league draft, one pick behind the Chicago Cubs and Shawn Dunston and ahead of such players as Jose Canseco, Dwight Gooden, Jimmy Key, Bret Saberhagen, Terry Pendleton, Todd Worrell and Mike Greenwell.  Schmidt played three seasons in the Toronto farm system before the Blue Jays traded him to the San Francisco Giants system in 1985.  He retired as an active player midway through the 1986 season and joined the Carthage coaching staff in 1987.  He spent a year as an assistant before assuming head coaching duties in 1988.  In addition to his baseball responsibilities, Schmidt serves as a lecturer in Carthage's department of exercise and sport science.

Telephone: 262-551-5935

E-Mail: aschmidt@carthage.edu

Cory Everts, Assistant Coach

Cory Everts begins his fifth year as assistant coach in 2009.  A native of Hortonville, Wis., Everts had a four-year baseball career at Carthage.  He was named an American Baseball Coaches Association third-team All-American and first-team All-College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin in 1992, first-team all-conference in 1991 and second-team All-CCIW in 1993.  Everts is ranked second on the Carthage career wins list (26), third in earned run average (2.16), second in strikeouts (185), second in innings pitched (229.3) and second in shutouts (8).  He set a Carthage season record in 1992 with five shutouts, and his 1.02 earned run average that year is the Redmen’s third-best.  Everts was inducted into the Carthage Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001.  Everts received a bachelor’s in athletic training in 1993.  He’s a certified athletic trainer, as well as a certified strength and conditioning specialist.  Everts is the co-owner and head performance coach at Sports Acceleration Fox Valley in Appleton, Wis.  He served as an assistant baseball coach at Lawrence University from 2002-04, as well as the strength and conditioning coach for the minor league baseball Wisconsin Timber Rattlers in the 2004 season.  From 1997 to 2001, Everts was the performance coach for Healthsouth/Acceleration Oshkosh in Oshkosh, Wis., and the head baseball coach at Oshkosh’s Lourdes High School from 1995 to 1997.

Telephone: 262-551-5934

E-Mail: ceverts@carthage.edu

Johnny Meier, Graduate Assistant Coach

Johnny Meier begins his third year as a graduate assistant in 2009 after a four-year playing career as the Red Men’s center fielder between 2002 and 2005.  A native of West Allis, Wis., Meier was named first-team All-CCIW in both 2004 and 2005, as well as American Baseball Coaches Association third-team All-Central Region in 2005.  He also played on the 2002 and 2003 Carthage men’s basketball teams.  Meier graduated from Carthage in 2005 with a bachelor’s in business administration and marketing.  He is currently completing work on his teaching certificate at Carthage.

John Weiser, Radio "Voice of the Red Men and the Lady Reds"

John Weiser begins his eighth season in 2008-09 as the “Voice of the Red Men” and his fifth season as the “Voice of the Lady Reds” on WRJN-AM Radio in Racine, Wis.  Weiser is a familiar voice in the Kenosha-Racine sporting community, doing play-by-play for local high school football and basketball since 1990.  He’s been with WRJN-AM since 1999.  A native of Kenosha, Wis., and a graduate of St. Joseph High School, Weiser did cable access television play-by-play for the Midwest League Kenosha Twins from 1988-1992 and radio for the Kenosha Kroakers between 1994 and 1995.  He is also the host of All-Star Bowling on WPXE TV out in Milwaukee and has served as afternoon drive co-host on ESPN radio, also in Milwaukee.  In addition to his radio duties, Weiser is the recruitment coordinator for the Carthage College School of Professional Studies and coach of the school’s club bowling team.  Weiser received his bachelor’s in business administration from Marian College (Wis.) in 1992.  He and his wife, Gina, and their 12-year old daughter, Rebecca, reside in Waterford, Wis.

Tom Kucharski, Part-Time Assistant Coach

Tom Kucharski begins his 10th year as a part-time assistant coach in 2009 after lettering four times from 1993 to 1996.  A native of Aurora, Ill., Kucharski was an infielder on Carthage’s CCIW-championship teams in 1993 and 1995.  He graduated from Carthage in 1996 with a bachelor’s in geography, and he currently teaches high school social studies at The REAL School in Racine, Wis.

Adam Smith, Part-Time Assistant Coach

Adam Smith begins his eighth year as a part-time assistant coach in 2009 after lettering three times from 1997 to 1999.  A native of Schaumburg, Ill., Smith was a first-team All-CCIW second baseman on Carthage’s 1999 CCIW-championship team and was also named first-team all-conference in 1998.  He graduated from Carthage in 1998 with a bachelor’s in business administration, and he's currently teaching at Bullen Middle School in the Kenosha Unified School System.