Arizona Wildcats baseball coaching legend Jerry Kindall has died at age 82 due to complications from a stroke, the UA announced Sunday.
Kindall, who coached at Arizona from 1973-1996, holds the UA’s all-time wins record with an 860-579-7 coaching mark in Tucson.
A three-time national coach of the year, Kindall guided Arizona to three national championships (1976, 1980, 1986), three Pac-10 titles, and one WAC pennant.
Kindall was the first person ever to win a national championship as both a player and coach, as he was a member of Minnesota’s 1956 College World Series team that beat Arizona for the national championship.