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Rod Dedeaux, Famed Ex-USC Coach, Dies At 91

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Jan 5, 2006 10:02 pm US/Pacific

Rod Dedeaux, Famed Ex-USC Coach, Dies At 91

He Turned Out A Slew Of Future Hall-Of-Famers

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Rod Dedeaux, who coached SouthernCalifornia to an unprecedented eleven NCAA baseball championships and turned out a parade of future major leaguers, has died. He was 91.

Dedeaux died in Glendale of complications from a stroke that he had on December second.

Nearly 60 USC players under Dedeaux went on to impressive big league careers, including Mark McGwire, Randy Johnson, Tom Seaver, Dave Kingman, Fred Lynn and Roy Smalley.

Dedeaux's record of 1,332 wins, 571 losses and eleven ties (a .699 winning percentage) were the most in Division One history until Cliff Gustafson of Texas surpassed him in 1994.

He had winning seasons in 41 of his 45 years with the Trojans. Six times he was named "Coach of the Year." A number of baseball publications named Dedeaux "Coach of the Century." He retired in 1986.

(© 2006 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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