BATON ROUGE, La. – Former LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri will be inducted into the Louisiana Italian American Hall of Fame on Saturday, Feb. 24.
Mainieri and his fellow honorees will be honored at the 38th annual gala event at the Hilton Riverside Hotel in downtown New Orleans at 6 p.m., Central Time.
Visit www.americanotalianculturecenter.com/gala/ For tickets and information.
The Board of Directors and Nominating Committee of the Italian American Renaissance Foundation have selected the honorees, inductees and scholarship recipients for the 2024 Louisiana Italian American Sports Hall of Fame.
Others who will be honored at the event include sports performance and fitness coach Mackie Shelston, NFL scout CO Brocato and high school baseball coach Glenn Cecchini.
The Paul Mainieri era at LSU lasted 15 seasons (2007-2021) and was characterized by tremendous success in all aspects of the Fighting Tiger baseball program. Mainieri led the Tigers to the 2009 College World Series national championship and five CWS appearances.
During Mainieri’s tenure, LSU captured an impressive 31 team championships, including the 2009 NCAA title, nine NCAA regional championships, five NCAA super regional championships, four Southeastern Conference championships, six SEC tournament titles and six SEC crowns West Division.
Mainieri posted a record of 1,505-777-8 (.659) in 39 seasons of collegiate coaching at the University of St. Thomas (1984-1988) and Air Force (1989-1994),
Notre Dame (1995-2006) and LSU (2007-21). He completed his career ranked first on the all-time wins list for active NCAA coaches.
Mainieri is No. 7 all-time in NCAA Division I baseball victories and is one of only five Division I coaches in NCAA history to have won more than 1,500 games and a national championship.
Mainieri is a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. He was honored as a “Louisiana Legend” at the 2022 PBS Annual Gala.
2024-05-01 09:39:33
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