In 1968, after hanging up initially on University of Texas football coach & athletic director, Darrell Royal…..as Coach Gus thought it was a prank phone call….he took a pay cut to coach the baseball team at The University of Texas at Austin.While there, he led the Longhorns to twenty-two Southwest Conference Championships….a record seventeen College World Series appearances….and two national championships in baseball 1975 and 1983.
Official Media Guide 1983 NCAA University of Texas Longhorn Baseball featuring SWC Player of the Year SS Spike Owen & SWC Coach of Year Cliff Gustafson
Official 1986 NCAA University of Texas Baseball Media Program Guide featuring Coach Cliff Gustafson, Disch-Falk Field and Pitcher Calvin Schiraldi
Many of Gustafson’s players went on to play Major League Baseball….among that group are Jim Acker, Billy Bates, Mike Brumley, Mike Capel, Roger Clemens, Dennis Cook, Scott Coolbaugh, Keith Creel, Kirk Dressendorfer, Ron Gardenhire, Jim Gideon, Jerry Don Gleaton, Burt Hooton, Bob Kearney, Brooks Kieschnick, Keith Moreland, Calvin Murray, Spike Owen, Karl Pagel, Mark Petkovsek, Shane Reynolds, Andre Robertson, Bruce Ruffin, Calvin Schiraldi, J. D. Smart, Greg Swindell, Jose Tolentino, Richard Wortham and Ricky Wright.
Official 1980 NCAA Baseball University of Texas Guide featuring P Keith Creel & C Kevin Shannon Official Booster Plaque 1976 Southwest Conference Champion & NCAA Champions University of Texas Baseball Team
