Legendary College Baseball Coach Augie Garrido Dead at 79

NCAA Photos via Getty ImagesAugie Garrido, the legendary college baseball coach who won five national championships during his 48-year career, died early Thursday morning. He was 79 and had been in the hospital following a stroke, according to the University of Texas athletic department.

Garrido won three national titles as Cal State Fullerton (1979, 1984, 1995) before he was hired by Texas in 1996. At UT, Garrido won two more national championships (2002, 2005) and led the Longhorns to the College World Series eight times. He retired in 2016 as the all-time winningest coach in college baseball history with 1,975 wins).

"This is a very, very sad day," Texas athletics director Chris Del Conte…