 Then, after his playing career, he became the highly successful head baseball coach of the University of Arizona Wildcats, winning 860 games and three College World Series championships over 24 seasons (1973–1996).Kindall was born in Saint Paul, and graduated from Washington High School before attending the University of Minnesota.In 1956, as a student-athlete at Minnesota, his Golden Gophers won the NCAA Division I baseball championship; 20 years later, Kindall became the first man to win College World Series titles as both a player and a head coach.