Texas' Garrido gets 4 days in jail in DWI case

Associated Press - July 16, 2009 1:25 PM ET

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas baseball coach Augie Garrido has been sentenced to four days in jail for drunken driving but might not spend any more time locked up.

Garrido attorney Michael Burnett says Thursday's sentencing leaves Travis County jail officials to decide how long to keep the winningest coach in Division I after he reports.

Burnett says the 70-year-old Garrido received two days' credit when he was arrested and could earn the other two days simply by getting processed. He will report before Aug. 15.

Garrido was fined $500 and had his driver's license suspended for 90 days.

Garrido was arrested in downtown Austin in January when police noticed he was driving without his headlights on. He pleaded guilty two weeks later.

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