RIP Auggie Garrido

[Cajun Blake]

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After recently being hospitalized following a stroke, Legendary Longhorn baseball coach, five-time National Champion and the NCAA's all-time wins leader Augie Garrido passed away on Thursday at the age of 79.
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Sad day for college baseball, he was a true legend of the game.

3 NC 's with CSF , 2 with Texas

[curtintex]

College Baseball Legend. RIP

[Smart]

**** I heard about his stroke but I didn't know it was life threatening. That is so **** sad.. Finally retires and doesn't get to enjoy it.

RIP Augie....

[2Lazy2P]

Rip Augie

[Chad C]

A legend! RIP Augie.

[bowhuntertex]

One of the greats......One heck of a baseball coach.....RIP

[krisw]

Dang. Hate to hear that. Dude was a heck of baseball coach. I didn't hear why he had gone to the hospital though.

[ACCURACYINC]

**** I heard about his stroke but I didn't know it was life threatening. That is so **** sad.. Finally retires and doesn't get to enjoy it.

RIP Augie....

One of a select, fortunate few who probably enjoyed what he did for a living more than he would have enjoyed his years of retirement. One of my favorite baseball coaches of all time.

[TX_Kevin]

Rest in peace sir.

[roberts]

RIP Augie. It was fun watching him coach throughout the years.

[waterdog]

RIP coach one of the all time great figures in college baseball.

[Dave]

RIP Augie,
One of the great college coaches.

[AntlerCollector]

Rest In Peace coach

[Rubi513]

One of the best!
RIP Coach.

[Cajun Blake]

just 3 weeks ago on Feb 23 as Augie looked fine
pictured with Michael Papajohn who played BB @ LSU in the late 80's.
He is an actor who played "Sam Tuttle" in For The Love of The Game - Kevin Costner