Cliff Gustafson
- Category : 1931-births
- Type : GP
- Profile : 5/1 - Heretical / Investigator
- Definition : Split - Small (20)
- Incarnation Cross : LAX Revolution 1
Biography
American high school and college baseball coach who was, for twenty-nine seasons, the head coach of The University of Texas at Austin Longhorn baseball team.
Gustafson resigned in 1996 after being accused in a financial scandal, a charge Gustafson claimed was based on fraud by then Athletic Director Deloss Dodds. He was eventually inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame and the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. He was named National Coach of the Year in baseball in 1982 and 1983. He was also named an inaugural member of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.