Alabama Weist started his coaching career as a GA after playing WR for the Crimson Tide. The Tide went to the Sun Bowl after the 88 season and won the SEC and played Miami in the 1990 Sugar Bowl for the National Championship.
Michigan Weist then moved on to Michigan where he coached the WR’s for 4 years under Coach Gary Moeller. He coached in 4 bowl games including the 1992 and 93 Rose Bowls. He coached 7 future NFL WR’s while at UM, including Desmond Howard, the 1991 Heisman Trophy winner.
Tulsa Weist coached the WR’s for David Rader at Tulsa in 1996, including a win at Oklahoma.
Indiana Weist then moved to Indiana where he coached special teams, and also served as the Hoosiers' recruiting coordinator.
Western Kentucky Weist was hired at Western Kentucky serving under head coach
Jack Harbaugh. Winning the 1AA national Championship for the 2002 season. During his time at WKU he coached the wide receivers and also served as the team's assistant head coach (2007–09) and offensive coordinator (2003–06). As offensive coordinator in 2006, WKU ranked 23rd in the country in total offense, also finishing 17th in pass efficiency rating while posting more than 4,000 total yards for the fifth consecutive season. Weist helped direct an offense that averaged 405.73 yards per game in 2005, while scoring more than 30 points a game. The Hilltoppers ranked in the top 30 nationally in four different categories.
Cincinnati In 2010 Weist joined
Butch Jones staff at
Cincinnati as wide receivers coach. Weist coached a pair of All-Big East Conference selections in
Armon Binns (first team) and D. J. Woods (second team) as the duo were the No. 1 and 2 ranked receivers in the Big East in 2010. The Bearcats were the only NCAA FBS school to have two wide receivers with 15 or more 20-yard receptions in 2010. In 2010, the Bearcats led the Big East in scoring offense (27.1 ppg), total offense (417.3 ypg) and passing offense (260.7 ypg). In 2011,
Cincinnati averaged 385 yards of total offense per game and scored an average of 33.3 points per game on the way to a Big East conference championship and a win in the
Liberty Bowl over
Vanderbilt. Weist helped lead the
Bearcats to a 10–3 record in 2012 and a 48-34 victory over
Duke in the
Belk Bowl. Weist served as Cincinnati's
offensive coordinator in the Belk Bowl as the Bearcats gained 554 yards of total offense on 53 plays and did not have a turnover. Cincinnati was 17 of 25 in passing for 332 yards. Cincinnati was ranked second in the Big East in total offense at 440.23 yards per game and was first in the Big East in scoring offense at 32.31 points per game. During his time with the Bearcats, Cincinnati won a total of two
Big East championships.
Connecticut Weist was hired as offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach at
UConn before the 2013 season. On September 30, 2013, two days after losing to
Buffalo 41–12, Weist was named interim head coach, replacing
Paul Pasqualoni who had been fired earlier in the day. His first game as head coach was a 13-10 loss to
South Florida. Weist was able to salvage the huskies 2013 season by leading the team to wins over
Temple,
Rutgers, and
Memphis.
Michigan Michigan head coach
Jim Harbaugh hired Weist in
2015 to be Michigan's senior offensive analyst.
South Florida On January 26, 2016 South Florida head coach
Willie Taggart name Weist offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach. At the end of the 2016 season Taggart left South Florida to take the head coaching job at
Oregon and Weist was named interim head coach for the
2016 Birmingham Bowl. South Florida knocked off
South Carolina 46-39 in overtime.
Baltimore Ravens In 2018, the
Baltimore Ravens hired Weist as an offensive analyst under head coach
John Harbaugh.
New York Giants On February 13, 2026, the
New York Giants hired Weist to serve as a special teams assistant as part of Harbaugh's inaugural coaching staff. ==Personal life==