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Photos: Arizona Wildcats coaching legend Jerry Kindall through the years
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Hall of Fame baseball coach Jerry Kindall died Sunday night after suffering a stroke. Here's a look at Arizona's longtime skipper through the years.
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Jerry Kindall won Arizona’s first College World Series title in 1976.
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Arizona baseball coach Jerry Kindall in 1996. Photo by David Sanders / Arizona Daily Star
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Arizona baseball coach Jerry Kindall in 1974. Photo by Jack W. Sheaffer / Arizona Daily Star
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Three-time College World Series champion coach Jerry Kindall greets friends and former players from his 1976 championship team during the University of Arizona's alumni day at Hi Corbett Field, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, Tucson, Ariz. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily StarJerry Kindall and Ron Hassey
Arizona baseball coach Jerry Kindall, left, smiles as he watches Tucson High shortstop Ron Hassey sign a national letter of intent to attend UA on May 22, 1972. Ron's father Bill Hassey looks on with assistant baseball coach Jim Wing, far right. Photo by Art Grasberger / Arizona Daily Star
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Former UA star Terry Francona, middle, talks with former Wildcat coaches Jerry Kindall, left, and Jerry Stitt.
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Arizona head baseball coach Jerry Kindall, left, with wife Georgia, won the NCAA baseball championship with the Wildcats in 1980.
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UA coach Jerry Kindall, clutching the College World Series trophy, is greeted by UA fans after winning the 1980 College World Series. The championship was the second of three Kindall would win during his 24-year tenure as the Wildcats’ boss.
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Arizona baseball coach Jerry Kindall, left, celebrates with Chip Hale after Arizona beat Florida State 10-2 on June 9, 1986 to win the NCAA College World Series in Omaha.
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Arizona baseball head coach Jerry Kindall with players Todd Trafton, left, and Chip Hale, right, holding the NCAA championship trophy after beating Florida State on June 9, 1986.
Bruce McClelland / Arizona Daily StarNCAA Champions in 1986
Chip Hale (6) celebrates the UA’s 1986 College World Series title with coach Jerry Kindall. Hale played in 255 consecutive games for the Wildcats.
Bruce McClelland / Arizona Daily Star 1986NCAA Champions in 1986
Head coach, Jerry Kindall, far right, talks to one of his players in the middle of the NCAA College World Series championship game. Arizona beat Florida State, 10-2, on June 9, 1986 to win the NCAA College World Series in Omaha.
Bruce McClelland/Arizona Daily Star 1986NCAA Champions in 1986
University of Arizona's Mike Senne, right, clasps hands with head coach Jerry Kindall as he rounds third base. Arizona beat Florida State, 10-2, on June 9, 1986 to win the NCAA College World Series in Omaha. Senne was named the Most Outstanding Player.
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25 hansen MP-p4 Jerry Kindall waves towards the crowd as his name is announced Saturday Jan. 24, 2004 during the renaming ceremony of the baseball field at Frank Sancet Stadium.
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25 hansen MP-p1 Jerry Kindall, far left, claps for University of Arizona alumni baseball players as their names are announced Saturday Jan. 24, 2004 during the renaming ceremony of the baseball field at Frank Sancet Stadium.
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Coach suffered a stroke Thursday, the UA said.
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Kindall's former players, including World Series-winning manager Terry Francona and former Diamondbacks skipper Chip Hale, hail the UA legend …
Three-time national champion coach died Dec. 24, three days after suffering a massive stroke.
Monument at future site of Indoor Sports Center will recognize Sancet Stadium.