 Garrido in 2007 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1939-02-06)February 6, 1939 Vallejo, California, U.S. |
| Died | March 15, 2018(2018-03-15) (aged 79) Newport Beach, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1959–1961 | Fresno State |
| Position | Outfielder |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1967–1968 | Sierra HS |
| 1969 | San Francisco State |
| 1970–1972 | Cal Poly |
| 1973–1987 | Cal State Fullerton |
| 1988–1990 | Illinois |
| 1991–1996 | Cal State Fullerton |
| 1997–2016 | Texas |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1,975–951–9 (college) |
| Tournaments | 139–71 (NCAA D-I andD-II)[1] |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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| Awards | |
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| College Baseball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2016 | |
August Edmun Garrido Jr. (February 6, 1939 – March 15, 2018) was an American professional baseball player and coach inNCAA Division Icollege baseball, best known for his stints with theCal State Fullerton Titans andTexas Longhorns.
Garrido compiled a collegiate record of 1,975–951–9 and retired in 2016 as the coach with, at the time, the most wins in college baseball history. His win total was surpassed byMike Martin of theFlorida State Seminoles in 2018. He took his programs to 15College World Series, winning five of them: three with Cal State Fullerton and two with Texas.
He is often considered the greatest coach in college baseball history.
Garrido was born inVallejo, California in 1939 and graduated fromVallejo High School in 1957.[2] From 1959 to 1961, Garrido playedcollege baseball forFresno State.[3] Garrido played minor league baseball in theCleveland Indians organization from 1961 to 1965, beginning with the Class BBurlington Indians from 1961 to 1962, followed by the double-ACharleston Indians in 1963 and triple-APortland Beavers from 1964 to 1965.[4]
After playing for the semi-proEureka-Humboldt Crabs in 1966, withMark Marquess among his teammates, Garrido began graduate studies atCalifornia Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) and graduated in 1968 with a master's degree in education.[2][5] During his graduate studies, Garrido coached baseball atSierra High School inTollhouse, California in 1967 and 1968.[3]
In 1969, Garrido began his coaching career as head coach atSan Francisco State, where he led the Gators to a 25–14 record.[6]
Returning to Cal Poly, Garrido was head coach for theCal Poly Mustangs from 1970 to 1972, during which he went 86–62–1. He turned around the Mustangs from a 16–33 record in 1970 to 39–11–1 in 1971.[6]
From 1973 to 1987 and again from 1991 to 1996, Garrido was head coach atCal State Fullerton. In 21 seasons with Cal State Fullerton, Garrido accumulated a 929–391–6 record with sevenCollege World Series including three championships (1979, 1984, and 1995) and a runner-up finish in 1992.[6][2][7]The Sporting News named Garrido the College Baseball Coach of the Year in 1975 and 1979.[8]
In between his two stints at Cal State Fullerton, Garrido was head coach atIllinois from 1988 to 1990.[2] Illinois athletic directorNeale Stoner signed Garrido to a salary nearly double that of other non-revenue sports' coaches at Illinois.[9]
In 1989, Illinois got its firstBig Ten tournament title and NCAA tournament appearance since 1963 and repeated both achievements in 1990.[10][11] Illinois went 111–57 under Garrido.[6]
Garrido led Texas to the College World Series four straight years from 2002 to 2005 winning the tournament in 2002 and 2005 and finishing runner-up to his former team, Cal State Fullerton, in 2004.[2] In 2006, despite being ranked No. 3 in the nation at the end of the regular season, Texas was defeated at home in an NCAA regional by Stanford.
On April 29, 2011, Garrido became the first NCAA Division I coach to reach 1,800 victories as the seventh-ranked Longhorns defeated No. 14 Oklahoma 5–0 in front of 7,339 fans atUFCU Disch–Falk Field.[12]
In 2016, Texas had its first losing season since 1998, and the team did not qualify for postseason play for the third time in five years.[13] On May 30, 2016, the University of Texas announced that Garrido had resigned and accepted a position as a special assistant to the athletic director, Mike Perrin.[14] His record at Texas was 824–427–2.
Garrido's teams won five national titles (1979, 1984, 1995, 2002, 2005). He is one of only two coaches, along withAndy Lopez, to lead teams from more than one school (Cal State Fullerton andTexas) to national titles, and is among the most successful college baseball coaches in history. He is the first coach to guide teams to national championships in four different decades.
Additionally, Garrido earned 15 trips to theCollege World Series, including eight 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). Garrido's teams won league championships in 20 different seasons.
His final coaching record was 1,975–951–9. He earned more wins than any other coach in NCAA baseball history, across all levels, prior to being surpassed by Florida State University's Mike Martin in 2018.[15]
Garrido was a friend of actorKevin Costner from Garrido's days atCSUF (where Costner attended and was cut from the baseball team by Garrido). Costner, who maintains a home in Austin, was occasionally seen at Garrido's practices and games. Garrido played theNew York Yankees manager in Costner's movie "For Love of the Game."
Garrido was a friend of directorRichard Linklater, a Longhorn fan. Linklater was often seen taking batting practice with the team while 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 atThe University of Texas.[16]
American storyteller and adventurerWoodrow Landfair was a player of Garrido's at the University of Texas from 2003 to 2005, serving as the team's bullpen catcher and winning back-to-back Teammate of the Year awards in 2004 and 2005. In a 2007 article in theAustin American-Statesman, Landfair was quoted praising Garrido as both a baseball and a life coach. Landfair claims that Garrido inspired him to pursue a writing career when, after Landfair accepted the team's 2005 National Championship trophy, Garrido told him, "Let this be only your first great accomplishment."[17]
On January 17, 2009, Garrido was arrested by Austin police fordriving while intoxicated.[18] Police reported that Garrido was driving aPorsche Cayenne west on6th Street at about 1:00 a.m., when a DWI enforcement officer pulled the coach over since he did not have his headlights on. After taking a sobriety test, Garrido admitted to the officer that he consumed five glasses of wine and was intoxicated. The school suspended him with pay from the first four games of the Longhorns' 2009 season. Garrido publicly apologized, calling his misdemeanor a "serious mistake". He pleaded guilty to the charge on February 2, 2009, and was sentenced on April 30, 2009.[19][20][21]
Garrido was a friend of former presidentGeorge W. Bush from the time Bush was a part owner of theTexas Rangers baseball team.[citation needed]
Garrido's curse-laden post game rants became the subject of several YouTube videos.
On March 12, 2018, Garrido suffered a stroke.[22] Three days later, he died at the age of 79 in California.[23]
The following is a table of Garrido's win–loss records as an NCAA head baseball coach.[2][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco State Gators(Far West Conference)(1969) | |||||||||
| 1969 | San Francisco State | 25–14 | |||||||
| San Francisco State: | 25–14 | ||||||||
| Cal Poly Mustangs(California Collegiate Athletic Association)(1970–1972) | |||||||||
| 1970 | Cal Poly | 15–33 | 10–11[32] | ||||||
| 1971 | Cal Poly | 39–11–1 | 15–5[33] | ||||||
| 1972 | Cal Poly | 31–18 | 15–9[34] | ||||||
| Cal Poly: | 86–62–1 (.581) | 40–25 (.615) | |||||||
| Cal State Fullerton Titans(California Collegiate Athletic Association)(1973–1974) | |||||||||
| 1973 | Cal State Fullerton | 19–33–1 | |||||||
| 1974 | Cal State Fullerton | 37–17 | 16–6[35] | 1st[36] | NCAA D-II Regional | ||||
| Cal State Fullerton Titans(Pacific Coast Athletic Association)(1975–1977) | |||||||||
| 1975 | Cal State Fullerton | 36–14–1 | 14–7 | 1st | College World Series | ||||
| 1976 | Cal State Fullerton | 48–15 | 17–4 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| Cal State Fullerton Titans(Southern California Baseball Association)(1977–1984) | |||||||||
| 1977 | Cal State Fullerton | 44–14 | 17–7 | T–1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 1978 | Cal State Fullerton | 44–14 | 24–4 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 1979 | Cal State Fullerton | 60–14 | 23–4 | 1st | College World Series champions | ||||
| 1980 | Cal State Fullerton | 49–18 | 20–8 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 1981 | Cal State Fullerton | 48–17 | 22–6 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 1982 | Cal State Fullerton | 51–23 | 23–5 | 1st | College World Series | ||||
| 1983 | Cal State Fullerton | 50–21 | 22–6 | T–1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 1984 | Cal State Fullerton | 66–20 | 22–6 | 1st | College World Series champions | ||||
| Cal State Fullerton Titans(Pacific Coast Athletic Association)(1985–1987) | |||||||||
| 1985 | Cal State Fullerton | 36–22–1 | 21–9 | 1st(South) | |||||
| 1986 | Cal State Fullerton | 36–21 | 12–9 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1987 | Cal State Fullerton | 44–17 | 18–3 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| Cal State Fullerton (1973–1987): | 665–292–6 (.694) | 271–84[37] | |||||||
| Illinois Fighting Illini(Big Ten Conference)(1988–1990) | |||||||||
| 1988 | Illinois | 26–20 | 12–16 | 7th | |||||
| 1989 | Illinois | 42–16 | 17–11 | T–2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 1990 | Illinois | 43–21 | 19–9 | T–2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| Illinois: | 111–57 (.661) | 48–36 (.571) | |||||||
| Cal State Fullerton Titans(Big West Conference)(1991–1996) | |||||||||
| 1991 | Cal State Fullerton | 34–22 | 15–6 | T–1st | |||||
| 1992 | Cal State Fullerton | 46–17 | 17–7 | 2nd | College World Series Runner-up | ||||
| 1993 | Cal State Fullerton | 35–19 | 16–5 | 2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 1994 | Cal State Fullerton | 47–16 | 15–5 | 3rd | College World Series | ||||
| 1995 | Cal State Fullerton | 57–9 | 18–3 | 1st | College World Series champions | ||||
| 1996 | Cal State Fullerton | 45–16 | 13–8 | 4th | NCAA Regional | ||||
| Cal State Fullerton (1991–1996): | 264–99 (.727) | 94–34 (.734) | |||||||
| Texas Longhorns(Big 12 Conference)(1997–2016) | |||||||||
| 1997 | Texas | 29–22 | 12–15 | 7th | |||||
| 1998 | Texas | 23–32–1 | 11–18 | 8th | |||||
| 1999 | Texas | 36–26 | 17–13 | 6th | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2000 | Texas | 46–21 | 19–10 | 4th | College World Series | ||||
| 2001 | Texas | 36–26 | 19–11 | 3rd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2002 | Texas | 57–15 | 19–8 | 1st | College World Series champions | ||||
| 2003 | Texas | 50–20 | 19–8 | T–2nd | College World Series | ||||
| 2004 | Texas | 58–15 | 19–7 | 1st | College World Series Runner–up | ||||
| 2005 | Texas | 56–16 | 16–10 | 3rd | College World Series champions | ||||
| 2006 | Texas | 41–21 | 19–7 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2007 | Texas | 46–17 | 21–6 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2008 | Texas | 39–22 | 15–12 | 5th | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2009 | Texas | 50–16–1 | 17–9–1 | 1st | College World Series Runner–up | ||||
| 2010 | Texas | 50–13 | 24–3 | 1st | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
| 2011 | Texas | 49–19 | 19–8 | T–1st | College World Series | ||||
| 2012 | Texas | 30–22 | 14–10 | 3rd | |||||
| 2013 | Texas | 27–24 | 7–17 | 9th | |||||
| 2014 | Texas | 43–19 | 13–11 | 5th | College World Series | ||||
| 2015 | Texas | 30–27 | 11–13 | 5th | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2016 | Texas | 25–32 | 10–14 | T–6th | |||||
| Texas: | 824–427–2 (.658) | 321–210–1 (.604) | |||||||
| Total: | 1,975–951–9 (.674) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||
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