One Heartbeat: The Story of the 1983 University of Texas Baseball Team, and Their Road to the National Championship - Hardcoverby Jerry Johnson (Author) The 1983 University of Texas Longhorn Baseball Team had one of the best collegiate pitching staffs of all time returning from the previous year's team but only 2 position players returning. Coach Cliff Gustafson had to put together a team from a disparate group of veterans, junior college transfers, and freshmen that could hopefully compete with the other good teams in the Southwest Conference, and then try and beat the best