A proven winner with Carthage in his blood, Augie Schmidt IV began his 38th season as head baseball coach in 2025 after announcing his retirement at the end of the season. Schmidt continues the winning tradition of his father, Augie Schmidt III, who won 276 games and five College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) championships in 18 years at Carthage.
In 36 seasons, Schmidt has transformed the program from CCIW basement-dwellers to national contenders. Under his tenure, Carthage has claimed eight outright CCIW divisional titles, one divisional-title tie, nine conference crowns, 16 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" nine times (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2007 and 2009), won the ABCA/Louisville Slugger Conference Award seven times from 1993-99, and has been named CCIW "Baseball Coach of the Year" on 10 occasions (1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2007 and 2009). In 2023 Schmidt surpassed the 1,000 career wins milestone becoming the 13th coach to reach the milestone and only the ninth at one institution.
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. He 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, Schmidt 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. He was also inducted into the Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2013.
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 Shawon 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.
Augie Schmidt IV File
Coaching Resume
Assistant Baseball Coach - Carthage College, 1987
Head Baseball Coach - Carthage College, 1988-present
| Year |
W |
L |
T |
Pct. |
| 1987-88 |
4 |
27 |
1 |
.141 |
| 1988-89 |
22 |
18 |
0 |
.550 |
| 1989-90 |
23 |
14 |
0 |
.622 |
| 1990-91 |
22 |
15 |
1 |
.592 |
| 1991-92 |
30 |
14 |
0 |
.682 |
| 1992-93 |
30 |
14 |
0 |
.682 |
| 1993-94 |
32 |
15 |
0 |
.681 |
| 1994-95 |
37 |
8 |
1 |
.815 |
| 1995-96 |
34 |
10 |
0 |
.773 |
| 1996-97 |
40 |
10 |
0 |
.800 |
| 1997-98 |
36 |
13 |
0 |
.735 |
| 1998-99 |
45 |
6 |
1 |
.875 |
| 1999-00 |
38 |
10 |
0 |
.792 |
| 2000-01 |
24 |
17 |
1 |
.583 |
| 2001-02 |
34 |
11 |
0 |
.756 |
| 2002-03 |
35 |
8 |
0 |
.814 |
| 2003-04 |
37 |
11 |
0 |
.771 |
| 2004-05 |
31 |
12 |
0 |
.721 |
| 2005-06 |
34 |
9 |
0 |
.791 |
| 2006-07 |
37 |
13 |
0 |
.740 |
| 2007-08 |
36 |
10 |
0 |
.783 |
| 2008-09 |
38 |
9 |
0 |
.809 |
| 2009-10 |
29 |
18 |
0 |
.617 |
| 2010-11 |
32 |
12 |
0 |
.727 |
| 2011-12 |
21 |
17 |
0 |
.553 |
| 2012-13 |
17 |
23 |
0 |
.425 |
| 2013-14 |
20 |
19 |
0 |
.513 |
| 2014-15 |
30 |
15 |
0 |
.667 |
| 2015-16 |
18 |
22 |
0 |
.450 |
| 2016-17 |
20 |
18 |
0 |
.526 |
| 2017-18 |
31 |
12 |
0 |
.721 |
| 2018-19 |
18 |
22 |
0 |
.450 |
| 2019-20 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
.600 |
| 2020-21 |
16 |
25 |
0 |
.390 |
| 2021-22 |
15 |
25 |
0 |
.375 |
| 2022-23 |
10 |
28 |
0 |
.263 |
| 2023-24 |
23 |
19 |
0 |
.548 |
| 2024-25 |
30 |
14 |
0 |
.682 |
| Total |
1032 |
565 |
5 |
.646 |
