Paul Mainieri
| Sport(s) | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | LSU |
| Conference | SEC |
| Record | 459–182–3(.715) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
August 29, 1957 Morgantown, West Virginia |
| Playing career | |
| 1976 | LSU |
| 1977 | Miami-Dade North CC |
| 1978–1979 | UNO |
| 1979 | Niagara Falls Pirates |
| Position(s) | Second base |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1983–1988 | St. Thomas (FL) |
| 1989–1994 | Air Force |
| 1995–2006 | Notre Dame |
| 2007–present | LSU |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1324–674–8 (.662) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| NCAA: 2009 SEC: 2009, 2012, 2015 SEC Tournament: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014 Big East: 1999, 2001, 2002, 2006 Big East Tournament: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 |
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| Awards | |
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Skip Bertman Award (CBF): 2015 National Coach of the Year (College Baseball Insider): 1999, 2008 National Coach of the Year (NCBWA): 2015 National Coach of the Year (Rivals): 2008, 2009 Coach of the Year (Baseball America): 2009 Coach of the Year (Collegiate Baseball Newspaper): 2009 SEC Coach of the Year: 2009, 2015 Big East Coach of the Year: 2001 |
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Paul Mainieri (born August 29, 1957) is the head coach of the LSU Tigers baseball team. Prior to that position he was the head coach of the Notre Dame baseball team from 1995–2006, the United States Air Force Academy baseball team from 1989–1994 and the St. Thomas University baseball team from 1983–1988. Mainieri coached LSU to the 2009 College World Series championship.
Mainieri graduated from Christopher Columbus High School in Miami, Florida. He started his college baseball playing career in 1976 at LSU. He played for one season, earning a letter, before transferring to Miami-Dade North Community College to play for his father, Demie Mainieri. After one year he transferred to the University of New Orleans where he played for two years and helped the team win two Sun Belt Conference titles and earn an appearance in the 1979 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.
Mainieri completed his undergraduate degree requirement at Florida International University in 1980, earning a B.S. in physical education. He played two years of minor league baseball and earned a M.S. in sports administration from St. Thomas University in 1982.
Mainieri began his coaching career in Florida as the head coach of St. Thomas University in 1983. In six seasons, his team went 179–121–2, and Mainieri became the winningest coach in St. Thomas History. His No. 1 jersey was retired by the university in February 2012. In 2013, the new field at St. Thomas University was named in his honor. The Bobcats' new field is called Paul Demie Mainieri Field at Frank R. Esposito Stadium. Paul Mainieri asked the university to include his middle name, Demie, in the naming of the field because it is the same name as his father's first name. Both Mainieris have deep roots with St. Thomas, and recently became the first father-son duo to be elected to the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
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