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Friday • April 18, 1997
Photo Courtesy of jim Sigman, UT Photo Department
UT Head Coach Augie Garrido (left) stands with former coach Cliff
Gustafson (right) during the retirement of Gustafson's number.
Garrido
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Garrido attributes his suc
cess to the sacrifices of all his
former players and coaches.
"There’s no question about
that,” Garrido said. “I’ve had great
assistant coaches and great play
ers who worked for me. Baseball
is the ultimate team sport. It’s all
about team work. I’ve been sur
rounded by great teammates.
“The success I’ve had has
come from what others have
given to the same common goal.”
Because of his accomplish
ments, Garrido was selected
National Coach of the Year in 1975,
1979, 1984, and 1995. He also has
been ranked as one of the top three
baseball teachers in the nation by
the major league directors of play
er development. Although he has
received several accolades, Garrido
said he has no desire to manage at
the professional level.
“I think it’s a different game
and [Ij prefer the college
level,” Garrido said. “In pro
fessional baseball, you use the
players for the betterment of
the game. In college baseball,
you use the game for the bet
terment of the players.
“I have a teacher’s mentality
and prefer being in an academ
ic environment.”
Garrido’s teacher’s mentality
is evident in his views on baseball.
“Baseball parallels life,”
Garrido said. “It’s a lot like golf
in that, as a game, it really tests
your inner strengths. It’s a
game filled with adversities and
it’s a game that is very difficult
to play well.
“It tests your ability to over
come problems and to find ways
to be successful. It takes an
awful lot of work, determina
tion, commitment and dedica
tion — all the ingredients to be
successful in life. That’s what I
like about it. It provides a great
vehicle for people to learn how
to be successful in life in the
university environment.”
Garrido’s new players and
coaches are working toward a
new common goal — winning
the Big 12 Conference. They are
working to continue the long
standing traditions and suc
cesses of a baseball program
rich in history.
But even with all the expecta
tions of the university and its
fans, Garrido said he did not feel
he had to prove himself and win
from day one.
“Maybe I should have (had
high expectations], now that
we’re not doing so well,” Garrido
said. “I was not and am not. I feel
like I served a long apprentice
ship. This is a difficult and
demanding environment. I think
I am the right person at the right
time for this job.
“My only hesitation was to
get to know my bosses here at
the university and see if we
agree philosophically and ethi
cally about how things would be
done and where the priorities
would be. That was put to rest
quickly by meeting (athletic
director) Deloss Dodds and
Butch Worley.”
In his first season at the helm,
Garrido has experienced a lot of
disappointment. The-Longhorns
are 22-17 overall and 5-10 in
conference play. Texas currently
stands eighth in the conference
race behind Kansas University
(10-8) and the University of
Missouri (7-11).
Making the race more chal
lenging is the fact that Texas will
play three fewer games than the
front-runners in the conference.
The Longhorns had a three-
game series against Iowa State
University which was snowed
out, April 12-13, and because of
Big 12 bylaws, the series will not
be rescheduled.
Garrido said this season has
not been difficult for him
because it is not the first time
he has experienced down time
season in his first year with a
new program.
“It’s been difficult for the
players,” Garrido said. “I’ve
been through this four times
before when I started programs
up at (Cal Poly) San Luis
Obispo, (Cal State) Fullerton
the first time, Illinois, and when
I went back to Fullerton.
• “The people I’m concerned
about are the players who are in
an environment that is difficult.
I’m trying to help them find solu
tions and to be successful.”
Adding to the pressure of
dealing with a frustrating season,
the Longhorns have to all but run
the table to close out the season.
“We have to win nine out of
the next 12 mathematically, for
us to be included in the final
six,” Garrido said. “It is our
chance to salvage a season that
has otherwise been very dis
couraging for the players.”
The 12-game journey begins
with a three-game series
against Texas A&M University.
Game 1 is tonight at Olsen Field
at 7. The series then returns to
Disch-Falk Field for the final
two games Saturday at 7 p.m.
and Sunday at 2 p.m.
Garrido said the Longhorns
will focus solely on themselves
and not the Aggies.
“We’re trying to get our
infielders to catch ground balls
and throw them accurately,
pitchers to throw strikes, and
(our offense) to hit the ball,”
Garrido said. “We don’t have
time to get concerned with our
opponent at this point.”
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