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* 11× [[College World Series]] Champion ([[1948 NCAA Baseball Tournament|1948]], [[1958 NCAA University Division baseball tournament|1958]], [[1961 NCAA University Division baseball tournament|1961]], [[1963 NCAA University Division baseball tournament|1963]], [[1968 NCAA University Division baseball tournament|1968]], [[1970 NCAA University Division baseball tournament|1970]]–[[1974 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|1974]], [[1978 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|1978]])
* 29× [[Pac-12 Conference|PCC/AAWUPac-8/Pac-10]] Regular season Champion (1942, 1946–1949, 1951–1961, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970–1975, 1977, 1978)
* 14× [[Pac-12 Conference|PCC/AAWUPac-8/Pac-10]] Tournament champion (1948, 1949, 1951, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1970–1975, 1977, 1978)
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* [[Collegiate Baseball Coaches Association|CBCA]] Hall of Fame (1970)
* [[American Baseball Coaches Association|ABCA]] Hall of Fame (1970)
* Coach of the Century ([[Collegiate Baseball Newspaper]])
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'''Raoul Martial "Rod" Dedeaux''' (February 17, 1914 – January 5, 2006) was an American [[college baseball]] coach who compiled what is widely recognized as among the greatest records of any coach in the sport's [[Amateur baseball in the United States|amateur history]].<ref name="wonders">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C-k0Ylqf4cQC&q=%22rod+dedeaux%22&pg=PA8 | title=One Hit Wonders: Baseball Stories | publisher=[[iUniverse]] | author=Rose, George | year=2004 | pages=8–9 | isbn=9780595318070}}</ref><ref name="list">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TQtTF0CAq7AC&q=%22rod+dedeaux%22&pg=PA200 | title=The Baseball Fan's Bucket List: 162 Things You Must Do, See, Get, and Experience Before You Die | publisher=[[Running Press]] |author1=Santelli, Robert |author2=Santelli, Jenna | year=2010 | pages=200–01 | isbn=9780762440313}}</ref><ref name="dynasty">{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_apVAAAAIBAJ&pg=4759%2C5454150 |title=Dedeaux' Dynasty |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |location=Oregon |last=Murray |first=Jim |author-link=Jim Murray (sportswriter) |date=February 24, 1973 |page=3B}}</ref><ref name="begins">{{cite web | url=http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/100407aaa.html | title=Construction Begins On The Rod Dedeaux Research For Baseball Institute | publisher=Usctrojans.com | date=October 4, 2007 | access-date=July 8, 2013}}</ref><ref name=latobit06>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-06-me-dedeaux6-story.html <!--https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZNgyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GvAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5547%2C2126717--> |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |agency=(obituary) |last=Glick |first=Shav |title=Rod Dedeaux, 91; led USC teams to 10 national baseball championships |date=January 6, 2006 |access-date=October 21, 2015}}</ref>

Dedeaux was the head baseball coach at the [[USC Trojans baseball|University of Southern California]] (USC) in Los Angeles for 45 seasons, and retired at age 72 in 1986.<ref name=latobit06/><ref name=bbupi86>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4GgPAAAAIBAJ&pg=2207%2C3890663 |newspaper=The Bulletin |location=Bend, Oregon |agency=UPI |title=Trojans' Rod Dedeaux resigns after 44 years |date=June 4, 1986 |page=D2 }}</ref> His teams won 11 national titles ([[College World Series]]), including a record five straight ([[1970 NCAA University Division baseball tournament#College World Series|1970]]–[[1974 NCAA Division I baseball tournament#College World Series|1974]]),<ref name=twmfif>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GeQRAAAAIBAJ&pg=4908%2C5838934 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Troy wins; Miami foe in finals |date=June 15, 1974 |page=12}}</ref><ref name=scdynin74>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VahYAAAAIBAJ&pg=4790%2C68727 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=USC dynasty stays intact |date=June 17, 1974 |page=14 }}</ref> and 28 [[Pac-12 Conference|conference]] championships.<ref name="begins"/> Dedeaux was named Coach of the Year six times by the Collegiate Baseball Coaches Association and was inducted into its Hall of Fame in 1970. He was named "Coach of the Century" by ''[[Collegiate Baseball Newspaper|Collegiate Baseball]]'' magazine <ref name="Dodgers">{{cite web | url=http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20060119&content_id=1298323&vkey=pr_la&fext=.jsp&c_id=la | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063053/http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20060119&content_id=1298323&vkey=pr_la&fext=.jsp&c_id=la | url-status=dead | archive-date=March 4, 2016 | title=Dodgers to celebrate Rod Dedeaux Night on April 5 | work=[[MLB.com]] | date=January 19, 2006 | access-date=July 8, 2013}}</ref> and was one of ten initial inductees to the [[National College Baseball Hall of Fame|College Baseball Hall of Fame]].<ref name="hof">{{cite web | url=http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/stories/042606ack.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923211717/http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/stories/042606ack.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=September 23, 2015 | title=Rod Dedeaux Elected To College Baseball Hall Of Fame | publisher=[[CSTV.com]] | date=April 26, 2006 | access-date=June 21, 2013}}</ref>

Dedeaux also coached the [[United States national baseball team|United States national team]] at two different editions of the [[Baseball at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympic Games]]: [[Baseball at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Tokyo 1964]] and [[Baseball at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles 1984]].

==Early life==
Born in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], Dedeaux moved to Los Angeles and graduated from [[Hollywood High School]] in 1931.<ref name=ddsfex78>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b_ZLAAAAIBAJ&pg=4076%2C1455839|newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Dedeaux strives for excellence |date=May 5, 1978 |page=35 }}</ref> He played baseball at the University of Southern California for three seasons. Dedeaux then played professional baseball briefly in 1935, appearing in two games as a [[shortstop]] for the [[1935 Brooklyn Dodgers season|Brooklyn Dodgers]] late in the season. The following year while playing for [[Dayton Ducks|Dayton]] in the [[Mid-Atlantic League]], he cracked a [[vertebra]] while swinging in cold weather, ending his season.<ref name=ddsfex78/> Dedeaux played parts of two minor league seasons in 1938 and 1939 before retiring from professional baseball. He then turned to coaching in the semi-pro and amateur ranks.<ref name="wonders"/><ref name="Dodgers"/><ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dedearo01.shtml Rod Dedeaux Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==Career==
Dedeaux invested $500 to start a trucking firm, Dart ('''D'''edeaux '''A'''utomotive '''R'''epair and '''T'''ransit) Enterprises, which he built into a successful regional business.<ref name="dynasty"/><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NuA1AQAAIAAJ&q=Dedeaux|volume=12 | title=The New York Times & Arno Press | year=1981 | pages=472}}</ref> When his college coach, [[Sam Barry]], entered the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] during World War II,<ref name=sbgnnp>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NbBWAAAAIBAJ&pg=5577%2C6634718 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |location=Oregon |title=Sam Barry given new Navy post |date= June 1, 1943|page=8 }}</ref> he recommended Dedeaux to take over the team in {{Baseball year|1942}} for the war's duration. Upon Barry's return in 1946, they served as co-coaches with Dedeaux running the team each year until Barry finished the [[USC Trojans men's basketball|basketball]] season.<ref name="honored">{{cite web | url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article_leftfield.jsp?ymd=20050505&content_id=1039899&vkey=leftfield&fext=.jsp | title=Dedeaux honored by Louisville Slugger | work=[[MLB.com]] | date=May 5, 2005 | access-date=July 31, 2013 | author=Miller, Doug}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/features/si50/states/nebraska/story/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040618215407/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/features/si50/states/nebraska/story/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=June 18, 2004 | title=Crown Jewel | work=[[SI.com|Sports Illustrated.com]] | date=June 14, 2004 | access-date=July 31, 2013 | author=Habib, Daniel G.}}</ref> USC won its first national title in [[1948 NCAA baseball season|1948]], over [[1948 Yale Bulldogs baseball team|Yale]], captained by first baseman [[George H. W. Bush]]. The [[1948 College World Series|finals]] were held at [[Hyames Field]] in [[Kalamazoo, Michigan]], settled by a 9–2 win in the third and deciding game.<ref name=yalels>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NFspAAAAIBAJ&pg=6098%2C5093036 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Yale Elis even Trojan series |date=June 27, 1948 |page=1, sports }}</ref><ref name=sctcbt>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hNpXAAAAIBAJ&pg=4122%2C5445381 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington|title=Southern Cal takes college ball title |date=June 28, 1948 |page=15 }}</ref>

Following Barry's death in September 1950,<ref name=sbdies>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ThkzAAAAIBAJ&pg=2883%2C613703 |newspaper=Lodi News-Sentinel |location=California |agency=United Press |title=Sam Barry dies, returned to LA |date=September 25, 1950 |page=6 }}</ref> Dedeaux became the sole coach and proceeded to build on his early success to establish the strongest program in collegiate baseball. Prior to his retirement in June {{Baseball year|1986}}, Dedeaux's teams won ten additional [[College World Series]] titles in [[Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium|Omaha]], including five straight (1970–74) and six in seven years. No other coach had won more than three titles until 1997.

At USC, Dedeaux coached dozens of future [[Major League Baseball|major leaguers]], including [[Ron Fairly]], [[Don Buford]], [[Tom Seaver]], [[Dave Kingman]], [[Roy Smalley III|Roy Smalley]], [[Fred Lynn]], [[Steve Kemp]], [[Mark McGwire]], and [[Randy Johnson]].<ref name="wonders"/><ref name="Dodgers"/><ref name=bbgoldmn>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=m6RVAAAAIBAJ&pg=7090%2C6627600 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |location=Oregon |last=Murray |first=Jim |author-link=Jim Murray (sportswriter) |title=Baseball's gold mine |date=March 28, 1976 |page=2B }}</ref> Throughout his USC career, he accepted a nominal salary of just $1 per year since his trucking business supplied him with a substantial income.<ref name=ddsfex78/> He turned down numerous offers of [[Major League Baseball|major league]] coaching positions, including invitations from [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] manager [[Tommy Lasorda]] to join his staff, always rejecting them due to his preference for the college game and his desire to remain close to his family.

He retired as the winningest coach in college baseball history with a record of 1,332–571–11 ({{winning percentage|1332|571|11}}),<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TgVTAAAAIBAJ&pg=6015%2C1088642 
| title=Dedeaux retires after 45 years | agency=UPI | newspaper=[[The Daily Courier (Arizona)|The Courier]] |location=Prescott, Arizona | date=June 4, 1986 |page=12A}}</ref> and for the rest of his life remained an honored annual presence at the College World Series in Omaha. At the 1999 edition, the 50th played in Omaha, he was given a key to the city by the mayor and a one-minute standing ovation by the fans at [[Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium|Rosenblatt Stadium]].<ref name=rdhon99>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WCRUAAAAIBAJ&pg=5199%2C270053 |newspaper=Boca Raton News |location=Florida |agency=Associated Press |title=Rod Dedeaux honored in pre-game ceremony |date=June 18, 1999 |page=2B }}</ref> He was inducted into the [[American Baseball Coaches Association]]'s Hall of Fame in 1970, and in 1999 was named the Coach of the Century by ''Collegiate Baseball'' magazine.<ref name="honored"/>

USC played its home games at [[Bovard Field]] through [[1973 USC Trojans baseball team|1973]],<ref name=rttrrecom73>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6phjAAAAIBAJ&pg=6150%2C4984031 |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |location=Florida |agency=Associated Press |title=Rod, the tree, recommissioned |date=June 5, 1973 |page=2C}}</ref> and Dedeaux became known as "The Houdini of Bovard" for the come-from-behind home-field wins by the Trojans. A new baseball field named [[Dedeaux Field]] opened in [[1974 USC Trojans baseball team|1974]], named in honor of the active head coach.<ref name=dtgsbad>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=o61VAAAAIBAJ&pg=6172%2C3736087 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |location=Oregon |title=Duck-Trojan game set back a day |last=Newnham |first=Blaine |date=May 14, 1974 |page=1D }}</ref>

===Olympics===
Dedeaux was the head coach of the United States baseball teams at the [[Baseball at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Summer Olympics]] in Tokyo and the [[Baseball at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Summer Olympics]] in Los Angeles,<ref name=bbjtprd>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wL8sAAAAIBAJ&pg=5934%2C427116 |newspaper=Wilmington Morning Star |location=North Carolina |agency=(New York Times) |last=Vecsey |first=George |author-link=George Vecsey |title=Baseball joins the parade |date=June 2, 1984 |page=4D}}</ref> where baseball was contested both times as a [[demonstration sport]].<ref name=dlftolbb84>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-2MeAAAAIBAJ&pg=6087%2C4328382 |newspaper=Times Daily |location=Florence, Alabama |agency=UPI |title=Dedeaux looks forward to Olympic baseball |date=July 16, 1984 |page=5B }}</ref> The 1964 team played one game as part of the Olympic program, defeating a  Japanese amateur all-star team,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theolympians.co/2015/10/01/baseball-at-the-1964-tokyo-games-hidden-in-plain-sight/ |title=Baseball at the 1964 Tokyo Games: Hidden in Plain Sight |first=Roy |last=Tomizawa |website=The Olympians |date=October 1, 2015 |accessdate=August 10, 2021}}</ref> while the 1984 team finished second in a field of eight teams, winning its first four games and losing to Japan in the final game of the tournament.<ref>[http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1984/1984v2.pdf Official Report]. Official Report of the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles, 1984.</ref>

===Films===
Dedeaux also served as the baseball coach and consultant for actors and ballplayers on the [[1989 in film|1989]] film ''[[Field of Dreams]]''. While Dedeaux was critical of the "phoniness that was in baseball movies," an opinion which he acquired while working as an extra in the [[1948 in film|1948]] film ''[[The Babe Ruth Story]]'', he accepted the task after reading the original novel ''[[Shoeless Joe (novel)|Shoeless Joe]]'' and brought Buford along to help him coach the cast.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pIZjAAAAIBAJ&pg=3496,2315858&dq=rod-dedeaux+dart&hl=en | title='Shoeless' Managers know game | work=[[Telegraph Herald]] | date=July 13, 1988 | access-date=July 8, 2013 | author=Blocker, Sue}}</ref><ref>"The 'Field of Dreams' Scrapbook", ''Field of Dreams'' DVD</ref> [[Phil Alden Robinson]], who directed the film, said the following about Dedeaux:<ref>[[Audio commentary]] featuring Phil Alden Robinson and [[John Lindley]], ''Field of Dreams'' DVD</ref>

<blockquote>All of the ballplayers in the movie were prepped for the film by Rod Dedeaux. He coached at USC for many years, and is a wonderful man, very full of life, energetic, very supportive, just really was very giving of himself and cheerful all the time, was a great spirit to have around. And one day, we were in between setups and I said, 'Hey, coach, what position did you play?' He said, 'I was a shortstop.' I said, 'Really, could you — were you good?' He got very quiet, and he said, 'I could field the ball.' I said, 'Could you hit?' He said, 'I could hit the ball.' And he was strangely quiet. And I said to him, 'Well, how come you never played in the majors?' And he said, 'I did.' I said, 'Really?' [Dedeaux said] 'Yes, in 1930-something.' I forget what year he said. He was the starting shortstop for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He played one game, broke his back and that was the end of his career.<br><br>And I just blanched. I said, 'My God, you're [[Moonlight Graham|Doc Graham]].' He said, 'That's right.' And I said, 'Do you ever think about, "gee, the career I might've had."' And he said, 'Every day.' He said it very quietly. It was very out of character for him and I was so touched by that. And I did look him up in the Baseball Encyclopedia: He did go, I think, 1-for-4 with an RBI. That was his lifetime stats. So having him be the man who trained all these fellows, including the kid who plays Doc Graham, was very meaningful to me and I know it was to him, too. It was great to have him around. I think about that often, about what that must have been like, to be good enough to start with a Major League team and for one unlucky moment, not be able to do — the rest of your life takes another turn. What he did with that is, he put all of that emotion — which could have gone into bitterness or regret — into being a phenomenal coach. He sent more people to the majors than, I think, anyboby else in college history. He's an amazing man. </blockquote>

==Personal==
Dedeaux was married to the former Helen L. Jones (1915–2007) for 66 years and they had four children.

==Death and legacy==
Dedeaux died in early {{baseball year|2006}} at age 91 at [[Glendale Adventist Medical Center]] in [[Glendale, California|Glendale]],<ref name=latobit06/> of complications from a [[stroke]] five weeks earlier<!--December 2, 2005-->.<ref name="usa">{{cite web | url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/college/baseball/2006-01-05-dedeaux_x.htm | title=Former USC baseball coach Rod Dedeaux dies at 91 | agency=[[Associated Press]] | work=[[USA Today]] | date=January 5, 2006 | access-date=June 21, 2013 | author=Peters, Ken}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20713F935540C748CDDA80894DE404482 | title=Rod Dedeaux, 91; Led U.S.C. to 11 College World Series Titles | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=January 7, 2006 | access-date=June 21, 2013| author=Goldstein, Richard}}</ref> Six months later on July 4, he was one of ten in the first class inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame.<ref name="hof"/><ref name=tslnewwdam>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sXo0AAAAIBAJ&pg=6564%2C3440020 |newspaper=Tuscaloosa News |location=Alabama |agency=Associated Press |title=Winfield, Dedeaux among 10 elected to College Hall of Fame |date=April 27, 2006 |page=6C }}</ref><ref>[https://www.espn.com/college-sports/news/story?id=2509494 "Winfield leads class of 10 into College Baseball Hall"] July 4, 2006. Associated Press. College Sports ([[ESPN.com]]). Retrieved June 21, 2013.</ref> Dedeaux was also inducted in the inaugural class of the Omaha College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013, and a statue of him was unveiled at Dedeaux Field on the USC campus in 2014.

Dedeaux was inducted into the [[Baseball Reliquary]]'s [[Baseball Reliquary#Shrine of the Eternals|Shrine of the Eternals]] in 2005.<ref name="BRSOTE Inductees">[http://www.baseballreliquary.org/awards/shrine-of-the-eternals/shrine-of-the-eternals-electees "Shrine of the Eternals – Inductees"]. Baseball Reliquary. Retrieved 2019-08-14.</ref>

Dedeaux and his wife Helen are buried at [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park]], in [[Hollywood Hills]], Los Angeles.

==Head coaching record==
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 | name      = [[USC Trojans baseball|Southern California Trojans]]
 | conference= [[California Intercollegiate Baseball Association]]
 | startyear = 1942
 | endyear   = 1986
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[1942 NCAA baseball season|1942]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 14–2
| conference   = 12–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = 
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1943 NCAA baseball season|1943]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 14–2
| conference   = 10–0
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1944 NCAA baseball season|1944]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 12–4
| conference   = 4–4
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1945 NCAA baseball season|1945]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 7–8
| conference   = 3–5
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[1946 NCAA baseball season|1946]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 15–2
| conference   = 11–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[1947 NCAA baseball season|1947]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 16-6
| conference   = 11-4
| confstanding = T-1st
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = national
| season       = [[1948 NCAA baseball season|1948]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 26-4
| conference   = 13-2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = College World Series Champions
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[1949 NCAA baseball season|1949]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 23-6
| conference   = 12-2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = College World Series
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1950 NCAA baseball season|1950]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 16-8
| conference   = 8-7
| confstanding = T-3rd
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[1951 NCAA baseball season|1951]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 22-10
| conference   = 11-5
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = College World Series
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[1952 NCAA baseball season|1952]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 18-9
| conference   = 11–5
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[1953 NCAA baseball season|1953]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 21-9
| conference   = 10-6
| confstanding = T-1st
| postseason   = District 8 Playoffs
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[1954 NCAA baseball season|1954]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 14-7
| conference   = 11–5
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = District 8 Playoffs
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[1955 NCAA baseball season|1955]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 23-5
| conference   = 12-3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = College World Series
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[1956 NCAA baseball season|1956]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 21-5
| conference   = 14-2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[1957 NCAA University Division baseball season|1957]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 18-4
| conference   = 12-4
| confstanding = T-1st
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = national
| season       = [[1958 NCAA University Division baseball season|1958]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 28-3
| conference   = 14-2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = College World Series Champions
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[1959 NCAA University Division baseball season|1959]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 23-4-1
| conference   = 14-2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[1960 NCAA University Division baseball season|1960]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 32-11
| conference   = 12-4
| confstanding = T-1st
| postseason   = College World Series Runners-Up
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = national
| season       = [[1961 NCAA University Division baseball season|1961]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 36-7
| conference   = 12-4
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = College World Series Champions
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1962 NCAA University Division baseball season|1962]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 29-10
| conference   = 11–5
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = national
| season       = [[1963 NCAA University Division baseball season|1963]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 35-10
| conference   = 10-6
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = College World Series Champions
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[1964 NCAA University Division baseball season|1964]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 34-11
| conference   = 17-3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = College World Series
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1965 NCAA University Division baseball season|1965]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 23-14
| conference   = 9-11
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[1966 NCAA University Division baseball season|1966]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 42-9
| conference   = 16-4
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = College World Series
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1967 NCAA University Division baseball season|1967]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 30-11-2
| conference   = 9-6
| confstanding = T-3rd
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = national
| season       = [[1968 NCAA University Division baseball season|1968]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 42-12-1
| conference   = 16-2-1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = College World Series Champions
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1969 NCAA University Division baseball season|1969]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 39-12-1
| conference   = 13-8
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = national
| season       = [[1970 NCAA University Division baseball season|1970]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 45-13
| conference   = 11–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = College World Series Champions
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = national
| season       = [[1971 NCAA University Division baseball season|1971]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 46-11
| conference   = 17-0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = College World Series Champions
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = national
| season       = [[1972 NCAA University Division baseball season|1972]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 47-13
| conference   = 14-4
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = College World Series Champions
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = national
| season       = [[1973 NCAA University Division baseball season|1973]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 51-11
| conference   = 14-4
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = College World Series Champions
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = national
| season       = [[1974 NCAA Division I baseball season|1974]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 50-20
| conference   = 11–7
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = College World Series Champions
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[1975 NCAA Division I baseball season|1975]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 42-14-1
| conference   = 12-4
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = NCAA West Regional
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1976 NCAA Division I baseball season|1976]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 33-26-2
| conference   = 15-8-1
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[1977 NCAA Division I baseball season|1977]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 46-20
| conference   = 16-2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = NCAA West Regional
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = national
| season       = [[1978 NCAA Division I baseball season|1978]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 54-9
| conference   = 15-3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = College World Series Champions
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1979 NCAA Division I baseball season|1979]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 33-24
| conference   = 15-15
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1980 NCAA Division I baseball season|1980]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 27-24
| conference   = 13-17
| confstanding = T-5th
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1981 NCAA Division I baseball season|1981]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 34-24
| conference   = 15-15
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1982 NCAA Division I baseball season|1982]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 23-36
| conference   = 9-21
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1983 NCAA Division I baseball season|1983]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 32-23-1
| conference   = 17-13
| confstanding = T-2nd
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1984 NCAA Division I baseball season|1984]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 44-23
| conference   = 18-12
| confstanding = T-2nd
| postseason   = NCAA West I Regional
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1985 NCAA Division I baseball season|1985]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 22-44
| conference   = 5-25
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1986 NCAA Division I baseball season|1986]]
| name         = Southern California
| overall      = 26-29
| conference   = 12-18
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name       = Southern California
| overall    = 1,332–571–11
| confrecord = 547–285–2
}}
{{CBB yearly record end
| overall = 1,332–571–11
}}

==See also==
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* [[List of college baseball career coaching wins leaders]]

==References==
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