After winning the 1949 Illinois state title at Tilden Tech High School, Weick won two NCAA wrestling titles competing for Iowa State Teachers College (now known as the University of Northern Iowa) in 1952 and 1955.

He was a runner-up at the AAU National Championships three times, and was a seven-time place winner, competing in both freestyle and Greco-Roman.

Among the different nations that Weick traveled to coach U.S. teams were Cuba, Mongolia, Panama, Romania, Canada, Russia and France.

Under Weick, Mount Carmel won the state dual meet title three straight years (1992–94) and was second two times (1998, 2002).

One of the athletes he coached at Mount Carmel was Joe Williams, who went on to win three NCAA titles, two World medals and competed on the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team.