Paul Mainieri
Mainieri in 2019 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | South Carolina |
| Conference | SEC |
| Record | 28–29 (.491) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | August 29, 1957 Morgantown, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1976 | LSU |
| 1977 | Miami-Dade North CC |
| 1978–1979 | New Orleans |
| 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 |
| 2007–2021 | LSU |
| 2024–present | South Carolina |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1,533–802–8 |
| Tournaments | 71–43 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| College World Series (2009) 4 SEC (2009, 2012, 2015, 2017) 6 SEC tournament (2008–2010, 2013, 2014, 2017) 4 Big East (1999, 2001, 2002, 2006) 5 Big East tournament (2002–2006) | |
| Awards | |
| NCBWA National Coach of the Year (2015) Skip Bertman Award (2015) Baseball America Coach of the Year (2009) Collegiate Baseball Coach of the Year (2009) 2× SEC Coach of the Year (2009, 2015) Big East Coach of the Year (2001) | |
Paul Mainieri (born August 29, 1957) is an American college baseball coach and former second baseman. He is currently the head baseball coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks. He played college baseball at LSU, Miami-Dade CC and New Orleans before pursuing a professional baseball career. He then served as the head coach of the St. Thomas Bobcats (1983–1988), the Air Force Falcons (1989–1994), the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (1995–2006) and the LSU Tigers (2007–2021). Mainieri coached LSU to the 2009 College World Series Championship.