Paul Mainieri
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... »
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... »
