This is LSU Baseball Paul Mainieri and the 2009 National Champions met with Vice President Joe Biden in the White House when the team toured Washington, D.C. on September 30, 2009.
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NCAA Championships won by the LSU Tigers 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009 LSU is one of only three schools to win six national titles in the 73-year history of the CWS. The other schools are Southern California (12 titles) and Texas (6). LSU has claimed its six CWS titles in the past 30 years. Southern Cal has one national title in the past 42 years; Texas has won three CWS titles in the past 38 seasons.
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Southeastern Conference championships claimed by LSU, including an unprecedented four in a row from 1990-93
1939, 1943, 1946, 1961, 1975, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2017
Hall of Fame Coach Paul Mainieri
LSU coach Paul Mainieri, a Miami, Fla. native, has 1,467 career victories, as he directed the baseball programs at St. Thomas University (1983-88), Air Force (1989-94) and Notre Dame (1995-2006) prior to arrving at LSU in June 2006. Mainieri’s overall head coaching record is 1,467-752-8 (.661) in 38 collegiate seasons, and he has a 603-260-3 (.698) mark in 14 seasons at LSU. Mainieri is No. 1 among active NCAA Division I coaches in career victories, No. 9 all-time in NCAA Division I wins, and he is one of only six coaches in NCAA Division I history to have won over 1,400 games and a national championship. Mainieri, a four-time National Coach of the Year, was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in January 2014, and he was named the Skip Bertman National Coach of the Year in 2015. During Mainieri's 14-season LSU tenure, the Tigers have earned 30 different championships -one NCAA National Championship, five NCAA Super Regional titles, eight NCAA Regional titles, four SEC regular-season championships, six SEC Western Division titles and six SEC Tournament crowns. Mainieri directed the Tigers to six straight NCAA Tournament National Seeds from 2012-17; LSU and Stanford (1999-2004) only the schools in tournament history to earn six national seeds in a row.
2009 NCAA Champions
In just his third season at LSU, Mainieri directed the 2009 Tigers to the College World Series title, posting a 56-17 overall record, including a 10-1 mark in NCAA Tournament competition. Mainieri earned 2009 National Coach of the Year recognition from Collegiate Baseball, Baseball America, Rivals.com and the American Baseball Coaches Association. The Tigers defeated Texas in the CWS Championship Finals to win the national title, LSU’s sixth CWS championship and its first since 2000. Mainieri also guided his squad to the 2009 Southeastern Conference regular-season and tournament titles. LSU played host to the NCAA Baton Rouge
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Regional, where the Tigers defeated Southern, Baylor and Minnesota to set up a Super Regional matchup versus Rice in Alex Box Stadium. LSU swept two games from the Owls, earning a berth to the CWS for the second straight season and for the 15th time in school history. The Tigers defeated Virginia in their CWS opener and recorded two wins over Arkansas to advance to the CWS Championship Finals versus Texas. Trailing 6-4 in the ninth inning of Game 1, the Tigers staged a dramatic two-run rally and eventually prevailed, 7-6, in 11 innings. The Longhorns posted a 5-1 win in Game 2; however, LSU overwhelmed UT, 11-4, in the deciding game to claim the NCAA championship trophy.
CWS Appearances in the Mainieri Era
Along with the 2009 national title, Mainieri has guided LSU to CWS appearances in 2017, 2015, 2013 and 2008:
2017 CWS
Mainieri’s 2017 squad advanced all the way to the College World Series Finals, where the Tigers were defeated by Florida and finished as national runners-up. LSU, a consensus No. 2 in the final rankings, won five championships in 2017 - the Tigers were SEC regular-season champions, SEC Western Division champions, SEC Tournament champions, NCAA Regional champions and NCAA Super Regional champions. For the first time in its College World Series history, LSU won three straight elimination games in 2017, reaching the CWS Finals by eliminating Florida State and top-ranked Oregon State, which had a 56-4 record before suffering two straight losses to the Tigers. The 2017 Tigers won 20 of their last 23 games and 25 of their last 30, and the squad compiled a 17-game win streak from May 11-June 17. LSU had a 27-15 record on April 25, but went 25-5 over its final 30 contests. Six LSU players were selected in the first nine rounds of the 2017 MLB Draft, including pitcher Alex Lange, a first-round selection of the Chicago Cubs.
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