Augie Garrido

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Augie Garrido (born February 6, 1939) is a coach in NCAA Division I college baseball. As of the end of the 2006 season, Garrido has compiled a record of 1,542 wins, 717 losses and 8 ties over 37 seasons of collegiate coaching (.682). No other coach in the division has recorded as many wins.

Garrido is currently the coach of the University of Texas at Austin Longhorns, 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.