Post-playing Career
Weiss' charitable contributions have included numerous donations to Watertown High School in Watertown, New York. In addition, the baseball field at his alma mater, Suffern High School, is named after him.
After retiring from the Braves as a player following the 2000 season, he returned to the Rockies as a special instructor and adviser to the front office from 2002 to 2008. He left that job to spend more time with his family, but eventually returned to baseball as head varsity coach for Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, Colorado, where in his first season in that capacity he led the team to the 5A semifinals.
Weiss was signed on November 7th, 2012 to be the manager of the Colorado Rockies, and has them in first place in the National League West in early May 2013.
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