Texas Longhorns baseball coach and the winningest coach in college baseball history, Augie Garrido, is stepping down.
Garrido will remain with the Longhorns and take a position inside the athletic department.
One of five coaches to have twice been named Coach of the Year, Garrido, 76, has won five national championships and has a career record of 1,975-952-9 in 48 years as a head coach.
"I owe everyone at The University of Texas a million heartfelt thank yous," said Garrido in a statement Monday afternoon. "I came here to serve and I am so proud to be able to continue to serve The University in my new role as Special Assistant to Mike Perrin."
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Garrido has one year left on a contract that pays him $1.1 million a year. But he was on the hot seat in Austin this season after four straight seasons of underachieving.
Texas finished 22-30 during the regular season. The Longhorns missed the NCAA tournament for the third time in the past five seasons.
Garrido was at Cal-State Fullerton when Texas came knocking in 1997. He had big shoes to fill as he was replacing Cliff Gustafson, who had won two national titles and 17 conference titles with the Longhorns.
It took Garrido a few seasons, but Garrido finally won over Longhorns fans.
Texas went back to the College World Series in 2000. Garrido guided the Longhorns to the two national titles and three more CWS bids in a seven-year span. From 2002-2010, Texas had six 50-win seasons.
He set the Division 1 mark for wins in 2003, and the all divisions mark in 2014.
His coaching presence can be found at other top programs where his protégés carry on his legacy. These schools include Oregon where coach George Horton, won his 1,000th career game this season, at Tennessee where coach Dave Serrano was the 2007 Coach of the Year and at Big West Conference Champion Cal State Fullerton with coach Rick Vanderhook.
