Raoul "Rod" Dedeaux (1994) - USC Athletics Hall of Fame

Raoul "Rod" Dedeaux

Induction:
1994

Raoul “Rod” Dedeaux ended his career as the winningest baseball coach in NCAA Division I-A history with a 1,332-571-11 (.669) record over 45 years (1942-86). His Trojan teams won an unprecedented 11 NCAA titles (including five in a row) and 28 conference crowns. He was named Coach of the Year six times by the College Baseball Coaches Association and was inducted into the organization’s Hall of Fame in 1970. He was the recipient of the U.S. Baseball Federation’s W.P. “Dutch” Fehring Award of Merit for outstanding service to baseball in 1989. He was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006. Dedeaux developed more than 50 major leaguers. He helped introduce baseball into the Olympics and coached the 1984 USA team to a silver medal. He also founded and served as general manager of the annual USA-Japan Collegiate World Series. In 2016, he was named the Pac-12 All-Century Coach of the Year. A Trojan baseball player from 1933-35, Dedeaux also served as a president of Dart Enterprises (now Dart Entities), a multi-million dollar trucking firm. He died on Dec. 2, 2006, at age 91.