In January of this year University of Texas Baseball Coach Augie Garrido was arrested for DWI in Austin, Texas after having a few glasses of wine at a bar and restaurant on Sixth Street. Garrido, who is 70 years old and is the highest paid college baseball coach in the nation, said he worried about losing his job while he was in jail. Garrido has been very open about his actions and their consequences. Immediately after the arrest Garrido served a four-game suspension.
On February 2, 2009 Garrido entered a guilty plea for the Texas DWI charge. Since then he has led the Texas Longhorns to the College Baseball World Series in Omaha. Unfortunately tonight they lost game 3 of the final series to the LSU Tigers(11-4). Later this summer Garrido will be sentenced for the Austin DWI arrest and hopefully next year the entire drunk driving incident will be behind him and the Texas Longhorns.
