Augie Garrido
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August Edmun Garrido, Jr.
- Born March 6, 1939 in Vallejo, CA USA
Augie Garrido is the winningest coach in NCAA Division I baseball history. He is currently head coach at the University of Texas.
Garrido played his college ball at Fresno State University, where he played in the 1959 College World Series. From 1961 to 1966, he was a player in the Cleveland Indians organization.
Garrido left pro ball after the 1966 season to accept a high school coaching position. In 1969, he won his first NCAA game as head coach at San Francisco State University. He then coached at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo for three years (1970-1972).
Coach Garrido's first national success was at Cal State Fullerton. In two stints in Fullerton (1973-87, 1991-96), Garrido won 929 games, three NCAA titles, and 17 conference titles. His time in Fullerton was broken up by three years at the University of Illinois (1988-1990), where he won two Big Ten titles.
Replacing legendary coach Cliff Gustafson, Garrido took over at Texas in 1997. He has added two more NCAA titles for a total of five. In addition, he passed Gustafson as the all time leader in wins at the Division I level. He currently has 1544 career victories (through 2005).
Garrido has coached Golden Spikes Award winners Tim Wallach, Phil Nevin, and Mark Kotsay. Eleven of his players have been drafted in the first round of the draft and five have been named MVP of the College World Series.
Garrido coached for Team USA in the 1990 Baseball World Cup.
