Augie Garrido

College coach infobox
Name = Augie Garrido


DateOfBirth = birth date and age|1939|2|6
Birthplace = Vallejo, California
DateOfDeath =
Sport = College Baseball
College = University of Texas
Title = Head coach
CurrentRecord = 478-231-1
OverallRecord = 1,629-755-8
Awards =
Championships = 1979 College World Series
1984 College World Series
1995 College World Series
2002 College World Series
2005 College World Series
Coach = N
CoachYears = 1969
1970-1972
1973-1987
1988-1990
1991-1996
1997-present
CoachTeams = San Francisco State
Cal Poly
Cal State Fullerton
University Of Illinois
Cal State Fullerton
University of Texas

August Edmun Garrido, Jr. (born February 6 1939) is a coach in NCAA Division I college baseball. As of the end of the by|2007 season, Garrido has compiled a record of 1,629 wins, 755 losses, and 8 ties over 37 seasons of collegiate coaching (.681).

Garrido is currently the coach of the Longhorns of The University of Texas at Austin, where he has coached for the last eight seasons and amassed a record of 391-193-1 (.669) prior to the 2007 campaign.

Garrido's teams have won five national titles (1979, 1984, 1995, 2002, 2005). He is the first coach to lead teams from two different schools (California State University, Fullerton and Texas) to national titles, and is the first coach to guide squads to national championships in four different decades.

Additionally, Garrido has earned 12 trips to the College World Series after making 25 NCAA Regional Championship appearances, including seven at Texas, while garnering National Coach of the Year honors five times (1975, 1979, 1984, 1985, 2002), regional coach of the year accolades following six different seasons (1975, 1979, 1984, 1985, 2002, 2004) and conference coach of the year distinctions on three occasions (1987, 1995, 2002), as he has led his clubs to 20 league crowns.

Garrido led Texas to the College World Series four straight years from 2002 to 2005 (winning it twice). In 2006, Despite being ranked #3 in the nation at the end of the regular season, Texas was defeated at home in the regionals by Stanford. Again it failed to advance in 2007 from the first round of the NCAA tournament.

Garrido's Fullerton team defeated Texas in the 1984 College World Series Championship game. 20 years later, Garrido's Texas team lost to Fullerton in the 2004 College World Series Championship Series. His 2004 Texas team was criticized by some in the press for not taking part in the "optional" awards ceremony, which traditionally honors both the national champions and the runners up.

Personal

Garrido played his college baseball and has his number retired at Fresno State.

He is a friend of Actor Kevin Costner from his days at Cal State Fullerton (Costner attended Fullerton) and Costner (who maintains a home in Austin) is occasionally seen at Garrido's practices and games. Garrido played the New York Yankees manager in Costner's movie "For Love of the Game."

Garrido is a close personal friend of Director Richard Linklater who is a avid Longhorn fan. Linklater is often seen hitting batting practice with the Texas team in Austin. In 2008, ESPN2 aired a 2 hour documentary directed by Linklater, titled "Inning By Inning: Portrait of A Coach", which focused on the life of Garrido, from his childhood to his current job at The University of Texas. [cite news | title=Richard Linklater's 'Inning by Inning' follows coach Augie Garrido | publisher=Austin360.com | url=http://www.austin360.com/movies/content/movies/stories/2008/06/0603inning.html | date=2007-06-02 | accessdate=2007-06-15 | last=DeFore | first=John ] clear

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