Augie Garrido

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August Edmun Garrido, Jr. (born February 6, 1939) is a coach in NCAA Division I college baseball. As of the end of the 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.

[edit] Personal

Garrido 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.