LOS ANGELES -- Rod Dedeaux, who coached Southern California to a record 11 NCAA baseball championships and turned out a parade of future major leaguers, died Thursday. He was 91.
Dedeaux, who coached the Trojans for 45 years before retiring in 1986, died in suburban Glendale of complications from a stroke that he had on Dec. 2, the school said.
Nearly 60 USC players under Dedeaux went on to big league careers, including Mark McGwire, Randy Johnson, Tom Seaver, Dave Kingman, Fred Lynn and Roy Smalley.
Dedeaux had a record of 1,332-571-11, the most wins in Division I history until Cliff Gustafson of Texas surpassed him in 1994.
He had winning seasons in 41 of his 45 years with the Trojans, and during one stretch, USC went 37 years without a losing season.
The Trojans' national championships included five in a row from 1970-74. A number of baseball publications named Dedeaux "Coach of the Century."
He played for Southern California appeared in two games at shortstop for the 1935 Brooklyn Dodgers, going 1-for-4 with an RBI.
Dedeaux, who coached the Trojans for 45 years before retiring in 1986, died in suburban Glendale of complications from a stroke that he had on Dec. 2, the school said.
Nearly 60 USC players under Dedeaux went on to big league careers, including Mark McGwire, Randy Johnson, Tom Seaver, Dave Kingman, Fred Lynn and Roy Smalley.
Dedeaux had a record of 1,332-571-11, the most wins in Division I history until Cliff Gustafson of Texas surpassed him in 1994.
He had winning seasons in 41 of his 45 years with the Trojans, and during one stretch, USC went 37 years without a losing season.
The Trojans' national championships included five in a row from 1970-74. A number of baseball publications named Dedeaux "Coach of the Century."
He played for Southern California appeared in two games at shortstop for the 1935 Brooklyn Dodgers, going 1-for-4 with an RBI.
