Coaches/Staff
Les Miles is a “Damn Strong” Football Coach
We are two games into the 2009 season and Les Miles is showing his competence as the head coach of one of the nation’s premier football programs. Here are a few of my observations: Coach Miles is a man of integrity which manifests itself as LSU remains free of the scandalous bad press that... »
Mainieri Named ‘Baseball America’ Coach of the Year
- Paul Mainieri never wanted to be Mickey Mantle or Joe Morgan or Bob Gibson. “Growing up the son of a coach, most kids grow up wanting to be major league baseball players, but I wanted to be a college baseball coach,” Mainieri said. “Growing up talking about Bobby Winkles, and Rod Dedeaux, and Augie Garrido—those... »
Six Time National Champions LSU Baseball
This baseball team brought many new LSU fans into existence and my California friends wore their LSU hats, watched the games, and tweeted words that ended in “eaux”!!!! I had the privilege of attending the Grand Opening of the New Alex Box Stadium back in February of this year as Louis Coleman pitched the first... »
More Proof that Les Miles is a GREAT Coach
LINK Les Miles was intrumental in helping Mitchell get drafted in the first round by the White Sox. Yep, by a baseball team. Les could have made Mitchell (who was a scholarship reciever) train all spring with the football team and that would have undoubtably had a negative effect on Mitchell’s baseball skills. But Miles... »
We’re going to have a lot of fun up there
By BRETT MARTEL – 2 days ago BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Paul Mainieri’s eyes smiled as he envisioned a purple-and-gold armada bringing jambalaya, gumbo and Mardi Gras beads north to Nebraska. Such staples of Louisiana life are in abundance around Rosenblatt Stadium whenever Tigers fans follow their team to the College World Series. And with... »
LSU, Mainieri, Long since moved past the days of being intimidated
College coaching is all about rules. Game rules, NCAA rules, the rules of fair play — you name a regulation, and chances are a collegiate skipper has to follow it. But there is one rule that every coach knows, fears and does all he can to abide by. You do not follow a legend. Ask Gene Bartow, who took... »
Les Miles Tweets
LSU football coach Les Miles is, in his words, “a twittering kind of guy.” Though he also contends he’s “old school,” Miles wants to stay ahead of the competition in this age of 3G recruiting. This fall, Miles will twitter before games, at halftime and after games. He will dictate his observations to a... »
