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Athletics Review 2003-04 (Fall 2004)
 
Our Great Coaches
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Baseball
Augie Garrido

36 seasons as a head coach, eight at Texas ... four College World Series titles including 2002 at UT ... his Longhorns teams have gone to the College World Series three of the last four years ... has more career victories (1,486) than any coach in college baseball history ... his Texas teams won the 2002 and 2004 Big 12 titles.
Basketball
Rick Barnes

17 seasons as a head coach, six at Texas ... has led three schools to the NCAA Sweet 16: Providence, Clemson and Texas the last three years in a row ... 2003 UT team reached the NCAA Final Four ... his Texas team won Big 12 title in 1998-99, and he was Big 12 Coach of the Year for 2002-03.
Football
Mack Brown

20 seasons as a head coach, six at Texas ... has led Texas to 10 or more victories the last three years in a row and a top 12 national ranking each of the last three years ... has led Longhorns to 12 consecutive postseason bowl appearances.
Golf
John Fields

17 seasons as a head coach, seven at Texas ... his teams have won six conference titles including UT winning the last three Big 12 championships ... six-time league coach of the year including in the Big 12 for 2002-03.
Swimming
Eddie Reese

32 seasons as a head coach, 26 at Texas ... has led UT to nine NCAA titles plus 16 other top five finishes ... his UT teams have won 25 straight conference titles ... eight-time national coach of the year ... head coach of the U.S. men’s Olympic team in 1992 and 2004.
Tennis
Michael Center

13 seasons as a head coach, four at Texas ... teams have won five conference titles and made 10 appearances in the NCAA Championship ... six-time league coach of the year.
Track & Field
Bubba Thornton

21 seasons as a head coach, nine at Texas ... four-time Big 12 Coach of the Year whose UT teams have won four Big 12 titles (one indoor and three outdoor) ... his Texas teams have placed in the NCAA top 10 six times (two indoor and four outdoor) and last year’s fourth place was best national indoor finish in school history.
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Basketball
Jody Conradt

35 seasons as a head coach, 28 at Texas ... member of Naismith and Women’s Basketball Halls of Fame ... led UT to the NCAA Final Four three times including a national championship in 1985-86 ... her teams have been to the NCAA Sweet 16 last three years in a row ... her teams have won 12 league titles.
Diving (men and women)
Matt Scoggin

10 seasons as a head coach, all at Texas where he holds dual role as coach of men’s and women’s diving teams ... has coached 13 individual all-Americans and has been named national coach of the year five times.
Golf
Susan Watkins

11 seasons as a head coach, all at Texas ... her teams have won five leagues titles, four in the SWC plus last year’s Big 12 championship ... her UT teams have finished in the NCAA top 10 10 times and have finished no worse than sixth the last four years ... two-time Big 12 Coach of the Year.
Rowing
Carie Graves

19 seasons as a head coach, five at Texas ... only coach in the five-year history of the UT program ... has led Longhorns to a national top 20 ranking each of the last two seasons ... 1984 Olympic gold medalist.
Soccer
Chris Petrucelli

14 seasons as a head coach, five at Texas ... led UT to school’s first-ever Big 12 title in 2001 ... has led Texas to three consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament ... coached U.S. national 21-and-under team to gold medal in 2003.
Softball
Connie Clark

Eight seasons as a head coach, all at Texas ... led Texas to College World Series in 1998 and 2003 and two other NCAA appearances ... her Texas teams have won two Big 12 regular season titles and three league postseason tournaments.
Swimming (co-head coach)
Jill Sterkel

13 seasons as a head coach, 12 at Texas ... her Longhorns teams have won 10 league titles including the last six Big 12 crowns ... has led UT to top 10 finishes in the NCAA Championship the last 12 seasons ... four-time Olympic team member during her UT swimming career, winning two gold and two bronze medals.
Swimming (co-head coach)
Mike Walker

11 seasons as a head coach, four at Texas ... has led Texas to four consecutive Big 12 titles and four top 10 finishes in the NCAA Championships ... coached California to four consecutive NCAA top 10s.
Tennis
Jeff Moore

25 seasons as a head coach, 22 at Texas ... his Texas teams won the NCAA Championship in 1993 and 1995 ... his Longhorns teams have won 18 conference titles, 12 in the SWC and six in the Big 12, including last season ... number two in career victories among college coaches.
Track & Field
Bev Kearney

17 seasons as a head coach, 12 at Texas ... has led teams to five NCAA titles, including four at Texas (indoors and outdoors in 1998 and 1999) ... her UT teams have won four indoor and five outdoor Big 12 titles ... seven-time national coach of the year.
Volleyball
Jerritt Elliott

Five years as a head coach, three at Texas ... led Longhorns to an NCAA Tournament appearance two of the last three years ... two-time Pac 10 Coach of the Year at Southern Cal.