"The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker, show up and go to work and do it every day." - Buzz Williams
"The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker, show up and go to work and do it every day." - Buzz Williams
Wiegert, is currently the Learning Management Specialist with Drexel Building Supply. His role includes working with the nearly 800 team members to develop training content, onboard new team members, oversee the internship program, manage "Drexel U" and help produce the Joel Fleischman Happy Hour podcast. He also spent two and a half years working as the Superuser in the IT department.
Prior to Drexel, he worked two summers for the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders of the Northwoods League. During his time with the Dock Spiders he spent time as an Assistant GM and helped the Dock Spiders win the Northwoods League title during the summer of 2020. That same summer he founded Fired Coaches Podcast. The podcast interviews college coaches on their trials and tribulations within the coaching profession.
Wiegert has 12 years of college coaching experience at UW-Superior, Carroll University, Marian University and Lakeland University.
As an assistant coach at Marian, Wiegert was responsible for many of the day-to-day tasks within the program as well as having a heavy hand on the recruiting trail. In 2013-14, Marian won the NACC regular season and tournament championship with a 22-7 overall record and 17-3 league mark. The Sabres qualified for the NCAA Tournament and came one point away from knocking off the number one team in the country, UW-Stevens Point. In his eight years at Marian he assisted with the development of 16 All-NACC selections.
In addition to helping with the men’s basketball program, Wiegert was also the head coach of the women’s and men’s tennis programs, worked in the undergraduate admission office and information technology department at Marian. He guided the Sabre women’s tennis team from a one-win season in 2014-15 to an 10-9 mark in 2015-16. The program reached the NACC Tournament semifinals for three straight years from 2016-18. In his four years as head coach, he recruited four All-NACC selections and the 2017 NACC Freshman of the Year.
Wiegert played college basketball and is a 2008 graduate of Marian University with a degree in sport and recreation management and a minor in information technology. In August of 2015, he earned his master's degree in Sports Management from Lasell College.
Gallup CliftonStrengths
2020 - Strategic | Achiever | Input | Responsibility | Individualization
2011 - Achiever | Responsibility | Woo | Includer | Belief