Forest L. "Bud" Middaugh (born c. 1939) is a former

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coach. He was the head baseball coach at

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from 1968 to 1979 and at the

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from 1980 to 1989. He compiled a record of 359–173 at Miami, leading the Redhawks to three

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championships and four appearances in the NCAA playoffs. In 1980, he became the head coach at Michigan. In ten years as the head coach at Michigan, he led the Michigan Wolverines baseball team to a 465–146–1 record, seven

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championships and four appearances in the

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. He developed several

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players at Michigan, including

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, and

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. Middaugh resigned as Michigan's baseball coach in June 1989 after it was revealed that he had given money collected by selling programs at football games to members of the Michigan baseball team. Middaugh was inducted into the Miami University Hall of Fame in 1981. Middaugh began his coaching career at Lorain Admiral King High School in Lorain, Ohio. In three years at Admiral King, Middaugh compiled a record of 52–14 and coached his team to a Cleveland district championship and a Buckeye Conference championship.

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