Cliff Gustafson

Clifford L. Gustafson

• School University of Texas

• Born February 17, 1931 in Kenedy, TX USA
• Died January 2, 2023 in Austin, TX USA

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Biographical Information

Cliff Gustafson won a then-record 1427 games as a college coach. When he retired in 1996, he had coached 35 first-team All-Americans. With the the University of Texas, he won the College World Series in 1975 and 1983 while appearing 17 times in the tournament. Before joining Texas's baseball program, he won seven state titles as coach of South San Antonio High School in San Antonio, TX. He is one of the few people to both play and also coach in the College World Series, having played in the tournament in 1952 on a Longhorns team coached by Bibb Falk.

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1968	University of Texas	23-11	12-4	CWS District Tournaments / CWS
1969	University of Texas	35-6	14-2	CWS District Tournaments / CWS
1970	University of Texas	39-8	14-1	CWS District Tournaments / CWS
1971	University of Texas	33-11	15-3	CWS District Tournaments
1972	University of Texas	40-9	12-6	CWS District Tournaments / CWS
1973	University of Texas	50-7	15-3	CWS District Tournaments / CWS
1974	University of Texas	54-8	20-4	CWS District Tournaments / CWS
1975	University of Texas	56-6	23-1	CWS Regionals / CWS
1976	University of Texas	42-16	19-5	CWS Regionals
1977	University of Texas	53-9	17-7	SWC
1978	University of Texas	36-16	12-12
1979	University of Texas	55-8	22-2	SWC / CWS Regionals / CWS
1980	University of Texas	53-13	18-6	SWC / CWS Regionals
1981	University of Texas	61-11-1	16-5	SWC / CWS Regionals / CWS
1982	University of Texas	59-6	12-4	SWC / CWS Regionals / CWS
1983	University of Texas	66-14	18-3	SWC / CWS Regionals / CWS
1984	University of Texas	60-14	16-5	SWC / CWS Regionals / CWS
1985	University of Texas	64-14	16-5	SWC / CWS Regionals / CWS
1986	University of Texas	51-14	16-5	SWC / CWS Regionals
1987	University of Texas	61-11	18-3	SWC / CWS Regionals / CWS
1988	University of Texas	58-11-1	18-2-1	SWC / CWS Regionals
1989	University of Texas	54-18	14-7	SWC / CWS Regionals / CWS
1990	University of Texas	51-17	15-5	SWC / CWS Regionals
1991	University of Texas	48-18	14-7	SWC / CWS Regionals
1992	University of Texas	48-17	28-8	CWS Regionals / CWS
1993	University of Texas	51-16	11-7	SWC / CWS Regionals / CWS
1994	University of Texas	43-21	9-9	SWC / CWS Regionals
1995	University of Texas	44-19	14-10	SWC / CWS Regionals
1996	University of Texas	39-24	17-7	SWC / CWS Regionals