Robin Yount - Post-playing Career

Post-playing Career


Robin Yount's number 19 was retired by the Milwaukee Brewers in 1994.

Yount served as first base coach and bench coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks from 2002 to 2004. He resigned after the dismissal of Arizona manager Bob Brenly. He, Hank Aaron, Warren Spahn and Bob Uecker threw out the ceremonial first pitches at the 2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Miller Park.

In 2005, Brewers manager Ned Yost convinced Dale Sveum, a teammate of Yount's, to become Milwaukee's new third base coach. Yount followed suit a few weeks later, accepting a post as the Brewers' bench coach. In November 2006, Yount announced he would not return to the team as bench coach for the 2007 season. However, on September 15, 2008 Sveum, by now the team's manager, chose Yount as his bench coach.

Yount also threw out the first ball for Game 2 of the 2011 NLDS, with the throw being caught by Sveum, who was at the time the Brewers hitting coach. In keeping with the "Beast Mode" celebration that the Brewers had made during the season, Yount did his own "Beast Mode" after throwing the ball.

In 2012, when Dale Sveum was named the Chicago Cubs new manager, rumors quickly spread that Sveum would ask Yount to coach with him, even though the Brewers and Cubs had become bitter rivals. Sveum very quickly confirmed that he was not even considering such a move.

Since retiring from baseball, Yount has increased his participation in two of his other passions, professional motorcycle and auto racing. In June 2008, Yount announced the creation of a new all-natural lemonade drink, Robinade. A portion of the proceeds of the sales goes to charity.

Yount was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995.

Yount was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999. He received the lowest voting support in history as an individual who was elected on the first ballot due to the fact that Nolan Ryan and George Brett, elected in their 1st year of eligibility, along with future Hall of Fame inductees Carlton Fisk, Gary Carter, Jim Rice, Bert Blyleven, Bruce Sutter and Tony Perez, shared the same ballot.