Rod Dedeaux, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player and coach
Date of Birth: 17-Feb-1914
Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Date of Death: 05-Jan-2006
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Rod Dedeaux
- Raoul Martial "Rod" Dedeaux (February 17, 1914 – January 5, 2006) was an American college baseball coach who compiled what is widely recognized as among the greatest records of any coach in the sport's amateur history.Dedeaux was the head baseball coach at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles for 45 seasons, and retired at age 72 in 1986.
- His teams won 11 national titles (College World Series), including a record five straight (1970–1974), and 28 conference championships.
- Dedeaux was named Coach of the Year six times by the Collegiate Baseball Coaches Association and was inducted into its Hall of Fame in 1970.
- He was named "Coach of the Century" by Collegiate Baseball magazine, and was one of the ten initial inductees to the College Baseball Hall of Fame.
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