2-Time Texas National Champion Baseball Coach Gustafson Dead at 91

2-Time Texas National Champion Baseball Coach Gustafson Dead at 91
The Texas Longhorns logo before play between the Texas Longhorns and the North Texas Eagles at Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas, on Sept. 2, 2006. Ronald Martinez/Getty Images
The Associated Press
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AUSTIN, Texas—Former Texas baseball coach Cliff Gustafson, who led the Longhorns to two national championships and nearly two dozen conference titles in 29 seasons, died Monday at age 91, the school announced.

Gustafson played on the Longhorns team that made it to the 1952 College World Series. He returned as head coach in 1968 and stayed until 1996. He finished with a career record of 1,466–377.