By staff reports
Arizona Daily Wildcat
November 15, 1996
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The school's leader in coaching victories, Kindall brought home Arizona's first national championship in any sport.
His teams won three national crowns in all - in 1976, 1980 and 1986. During his tenure from 1973 to '96, his Wildcat teams rang up 856 wins and 12 post season appearances. His only national player-of-the-year winner, Terry Francona in 1980, was recently named manager of the Philadelphia Phillies.
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