Mark Weidemaier played baseball at Union from 1976-77. He was the team’s offensive MVP both years and was a two-time All-West Tennessee All-Star. His post Union career has been spent in professional baseball. Most notably, as the bench coach/defensive coordinator/advance coach for manager Matt Williams, both for Korea and the Washington Nationals. Currently, Weidemaier is a manager in the Mexican league.
Weidemaier has worked for numerous Major League Baseball organizations including the Nationals, Cincinnati Reds, Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, Kansas City Royals, Cleveland Indians, and the California Angles (now Los Angeles Angles). He also worked in Korea, Mexico, Dominican Republic, and Bahamas. His baseball career has spanned 40 years.
He spent several years coaching and teaching at the amateur level. Weidemaier was an instructor for Game On performance Center in North Carolina, was a coach for Team USA Baseball 18 & under in Cary, North Carolina, Assistant Director of Athletics at UNC-Ashville, and head coach at Montreat-Anderson College in North Carolina.
Weidemaier graduated from Union in 1977 and went back home to The Ohio State University to get his masters degree. He was an assistant coach for OSU while there.
Weidemaier is a member of several professional organizations including Major League Baseball Players Alumni, Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation, Association of Professional Ball Players of America, and American Baseball Coaches Association. Many of his amateur scouting reports are on file in the Baseball Hall of Fame - Professional Baseball Scouts Collection in Cooperstown, New York.
His wife, author Tracy Crow, is a former Marine Corps Officer. They live in Liberty, North Carolina, with their three dogs, Fenway, Hadley, and Hope.
