Did John Schneider play baseball?

Yes, Schneider attended the University of Delaware and played college baseball for the Fightin’ Blue Hens. In three seasons, he batted. 306 with 23 home runs and 139 runs batted in (RBIs). In 2001, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Chatham A’s of the Cape Cod Baseball League.

Schneider played six seasons as a catcher in the Blue Jays minor league organization.

After retiring as a Baseball player, Schneider was hired by the Blue Jays organization as a catching instructor.

In 2008, he became the manager of the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Blue Jays.

Schneider was promoted to manage the Short Season-A Vancouver Canadians on December 1, 2010, and became the youngest manager in team history at 30 years of age.

In 2011, he managed the Canadians but took a personal leave of absence during the season. Vancouver won the league’s championship in 2011.

Schneider returned to the Gulf Coast League in 2013, and then went back to managing Vancouver in 2014 and 2015.

In 2016, he managed the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts, and in 2017, won the first Florida State League championship in the 33-year history of the Dunedin Blue Jays.

He has coached for the Blue Jays since 2019 and became interim manager on July 13, 2022.