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LSU coach Paul Mainieri (right) receives his American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame plaque from Gene McArtor of the ABCA. Mainieri was inducted into the ABCA Hall of Fame on January 3, 2014 in Dallas.
Above Left: LSU coach Paul Mainieri (right) receives his American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame plaque from Gene McArtor of the ABCA. Mainieri was inducted into the ABCA Hall of Fame on January 3, 2014 in Dallas. Above Right: Paul Mainieri (left) is presented with the 2015 Skip Bertman National Coach of the Year Award by the award’s namesake at the College Baseball Hall of Fame in Lubbock, Texas, on June 29, 2015.
PAUL MAINIERI PAUL MAINIERI AT LSU 2015 National Coach of the Year (College Baseball Foundation, NCBWA) 2009 National Coach of the Year (ABCA, Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, Rivals.com) 2008 National Coach of the Year (Rivals.com, College Baseball Insider) 2015 and 2009 SEC Coach of the Year 2018 U.S.Collegiate National Team Coach
Recipient of 2018 USA Baseball Rod Dedeaux Award
LSU BASEBALL UNDER PAUL MAINIERI NCAA National Champions 2009 NCAA National Runners-Up 2017 College World Series Appearances 2008, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017 NCAA Regional Champions 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 NCAA Tournament National Seeds 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Spanning 14 seasons, the Paul Mainieri Era at LSU has been distinguished by tremendous success in all facets of the Fighting Tiger baseball program. Mainieri has guided the Tigers to the 2009 College World Series national championship and five CWS appearances. During Mainieri’s tenure, LSU has captured a remarkable 30 team championships, including the 2009 NCAA title, eight NCAA Regional championships, five NCAA Super Regional championships, four Southeastern Conference championships, six SEC Tournament titles and six SEC Western Division crowns. Mainieri has a 1,467-752-8 (.661) record in 38 seasons of collegiate coaching at St. Thomas University (1984-88), Air Force (1989-94), Notre Dame (1995-2006) and LSU (2007-present). He is No. 1 on the career wins list for active NCAA coaches and No. 9 in all-time NCAA wins, and he is one of only six coaches in NCAA history to have won over 1,400 games and a national championship. Mainieri is 603-260-3 (.698) at LSU, and he has the third-highest winning percentage in SEC history, trailing only former LSU coach Skip Bertman, who was 870-330-3 (.724) from 19842001, and former South Carolina coach Ray Tanner, who posted a 738-316 (.700) mark from 1997-2012. Mainieri earned his 600th LSU win on March 6, 2020, when the Tigers defeated UMass Lowell in Alex Box Stadium. Mainieri became just the 12th
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LSU Record (14 seasons): 603-260-3 (.698) Career Record (38 seasons): 1467-752-8 (.661)
coach in SEC history – and the second at LSU – to compile 600 wins at a league school. Under Mainieri, the Tigers earned an NCAA Tournament National Seed in six consecutive seasons from 2012-17, making LSU and Stanford (1999-2004) the only schools in NCAA history to capture six straight National Seeds. Since 2008, LSU has earned nine NCAA Tournament National Seeds, the second-best mark in the country over the past 13 seasons. Mainieri served as the head coach of the United States Collegiate National Team for its 2018 summer tour, and he led Team USA to a 12-3 record that included series victories over Chinese Taipei, Japan and Cuba. He was presented by USA Baseball with the 2018 Rod Dedeaux Award, recognizing his exemplary performance as head coach of the U.S. team. Mainieri’s sincere commitment to everyday excellence was recognized in a substantial way on January 3, 2014, in Dallas when he was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Mainieri, a four-time National Coach of the Year, joined in the Hall of Fame his father, Demie Mainieri, who coached Miami-Dade North Community College to 1,012 wins and a national title in his 30-year career. Demie and Paul Mainieri are the only father-son combination in the ABCA Hall of Fame.
Southeastern Conference Champions 2009, 2012, 2015, 2017 SEC Tournament Champions 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017
“Pro ball wasn’t a drastic change for me at all. Coach Mainieri and the way he runs the program is the same way the Royals teach. That told me I learned a lot while I was at LSU, and at the time I didn’t even know how important that was. Pitching at LSU definitely helped prepare me for the next level.” - LOUIS COLEMAN, KANSAS CITY ROYALS/LOS ANGELES DODGERS/DETROIT TIGERS; LSU PITCHER (2006-09)
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