A veteran of the post season, Brady Wiederhold has been a part of staffs that have advanced to the Division I College World Series three times and the Division II College World Series four times. In his third year at Georgia in 2009, he helped guide the Bulldogs to their second consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament after finishing as the SEC Champion and a CWS Finalist in 2008.

In 2009, Georgia's pitching staff finished in the top half of the SEC in ERA, opposing batting average and fewest home runs allowed. Wiederhold’s work with the Bulldog pitching staff in 2009 saw six members selected in Major League Baseball’s annual draft including Trevor Holder in the third round and Dean Weaver in the seventh round.

In 2008, All-American Joshua Fields went in the first round, 20th overall, and the SEC rotation of Holder, Stephen Dodson and  Nathan Moreau were picked by the 11th round. Fields and Dodson improved their status from 2007, Holder and Moreau were first-time selections and senior Nick Montgomery signed a free agent contract.

Fields returned for his senior season in 2008 and was the NCBWA National Stopper of the Year award recipient with an NCAA-best 18 saves along with being named the SEC Pitcher of the Year. Dodson went from being an 18th round selection to a 10th round pick. Dodson and Holder were second team All-SEC honorees. The duo along with Moreau combined to make every SEC start in helping Georgia set a school record with a 20-9-1 SEC mark. Also, the Bulldog pitching staff set school records with 634 innings pitched, 19 saves and 71 starts. Georgia had a 12-game SEC stretch when the bullpen pitched 40 consecutive innings with allowing an earned run.

In 2007, Wiederhold inherited the second youngest pitching staff in the SEC as freshmen combined for 86 appearances. In 2008, the sophomore class led by Alex McRee and Dean Weaver showed tremendous improvement. In fact after combining to going 3-7 as freshmen, McRee and Weaver posted a 13-2 mark.

Before coming to Georgia, Wiederhold spent four seasons at LSU. In 2002, Wiederhold served as an administrative assistant on Smoke Laval’s Tiger staff and then was promoted to pitching coach in 2003. The Tigers advanced to the College World Series in 2003 and 2004. In his first season as the pitching coach with the Tigers, LSU won the Southeastern Conference and led the league with 515 strikeouts. The pitching staff featured four major league draft selections that year (Billy Sadler, Brian Wilson, Jake Tompkins and Bo Pettit) plus All-SEC Nate Bumstead and a pair of freshman All-Americans in Jason Determann and Justin Meier. One of the highlights of the 2004 CWS squad was when they tossed three consecutive complete games for the first time in modern-day school history. Lane Mestepey (SEC Tournament), Meier (NCAA Regional opener) and Bumstead (NCAA Regional semifinal) each went the distance. Bumstead won 10 games that year and was drafted by the Detroit Tigers.

In 2004 and 2005, Wiederhold helped develop Clay Dirks who earned freshman All-America and All-SEC honors in his career along with All-American and All-SEC standout Greg Smith. Both hurlers were 10-game winners in 2005 and Smith was a sixth round pick of the Arizona Diamondbacks. In 2006, the LSU pitching staff registered 35 wins despite featuring just two draft picks, two-way player Will Harris going in the ninth round to Colorado and Edgar Ramirez selected in the 36th round by the New York Mets.

Prior to his tenure at LSU, Wiederhold worked two seasons as the pitching coach at Louisiana-Monroe. The Indians advanced to the 2000 NCAA Baton Rouge Regional. The ULM staff ranked among the top 15 nationally in team earned run average (ERA). Also, the staff set the school’s single season strikeout mark en route to a school-record 41 wins.

Before heading to ULM, Wiederhold spent four seasons as the pitching coach at his alma mater, the Kennesaw State Owls. During this time, the Owls appeared in four Division II College World Series. They won the national title in 1996 and finished second in 1998 and 1999. The KSU pitching staff led the nation in ERA in 1997 and 1998. Wiederhold began his coaching career as an assistant at Oglethorpe University in 1994. The Stormy Petrels went 46-28 that year and won the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Eastern Division title.

Wiederhold was a four-year letterman at KSU from 1990-93. A former catcher, he was named the team’s top defensive player as a senior. He earned a bachelor’s degree in sports management from KSU in 1994.

A native of Columbus, Ga., he has two children, Dalton, 9, and Daira, 7.