22 Facts About Paul Mainieri

Paul Mainieri was born on August 29,1957 and is an American college baseball coach and former second baseman.

Paul Mainieri is currently the head baseball coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks.

Paul Mainieri played college baseball at LSU, Miami-Dade CC and New Orleans before pursuing a professional baseball career.

Paul Mainieri then served as the head coach of the St Thomas Bobcats, the Air Force Falcons, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the LSU Tigers.

Paul Mainieri started his college baseball playing career in 1976 at LSU.

Paul Mainieri played for one season, earning a letter, before transferring to Miami-Dade North Community College to play for his father, Demie Mainieri.

Paul Mainieri began his coaching career in Florida as the head coach of St Thomas University in 1983.

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.

Paul Mainieri was inducted into the St Thomas Hall of Fame on November 1,2009.

Paul Mainieri became the sixth person to be inducted into the St Thomas Hall of Fame, joining Ken Stibler, Marinka Bisceglia, Manny Mantrana, Laura Courtley-Todd and John Batule.

Paul Mainieri moved on to the United States Air Force Academy in 1989, where he would remain for six seasons.

Paul Mainieri won the 2001 Big East Coach of the Year award.

Paul Mainieri replaced Smoke Laval at the end of the LSU Tigers' 2006 season.

Paul Mainieri's Tigers entered the 2009 season as the favorites to win the SEC, and were the preseason No 1 team in some national polls.

Paul Mainieri then led LSU to the CWS Finals against Texas.

Paul Mainieri received the 2009 Coach of the Year award from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and the 2009 Coach of the Year award by Baseball America.

The 2009 title was the sixth in LSU baseball history, tying Texas for the second most national championships in college baseball history, and Paul Mainieri joined Skip Bertman as the only LSU baseball coaches to win a national championship.

In 2015, Paul Mainieri received the National Coach of the Year award from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and the Skip Bertman Award presented by the College Baseball Foundation.

Paul Mainieri announced his retirement from coaching after the conclusion of the 2021 season.

Paul Mainieri was named the 31st head coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball program on June 11,2024.

Paul Mainieri's contract is for five seasons and he will be paid 1.3 million dollars per season.

Paul Mainieri is set to take over for Mark Kingston, who was fired on June 3,2024 after 7 seasons at the helm.