Paul Mainieri

Paul Mainieri

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 8", Weight 150 lb.
• School Louisiana State University, Miami-Dade College, University of New Orleans
• High School Christopher Columbus High School (Miami)

• Born August 29, 1957 in Morgantown, WV USA

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Biographical Information

Paul Mainieri played one season of professional baseball, as the second baseman for the 1979 Niagara Falls Pirates. He batted .253/~.403/.326, stole 12 bases in 15 tries and fielded .940.

Mainieri was named baseball coach of Louisiana State University in 2006 after twelve seasons (1995-2006) as the head coach at the University of Notre Dame, six at the United States Air Force Academy (1989-1994), and six at Biscayne College (1983-1988). Mainieri began his coaching career as an assistant at Christopher Columbus High School (FL) in Miami, FL for three years (1980-1982). Mainieri led LSU to the 2009 College World Series title.

Mainieri is the winningest coach in St. Thomas University (Biscayne College) history, and the 2nd winningest for Air Force. His father Demie Mainieri was the head coach at Miami Dade Community College North.

Heading into the postseason in 2021, Mainieri announced his retirement on May 28. He was involved in head coaching searches for Notre Dame and Miami in 2023-2024, then ended up as the head coach for the University of South Carolina for 2025.

Sources include: LSU website

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1983	Biscayne College	19-25-1
1984	Biscayne College	37-14	19-9
1985	Biscayne College	32-21	16-8
1986	Biscayne College	23-24	9-15
1987	Biscayne College	35-21	11-13
1988	Biscayne College	33-16-1
1989	U.S. Air Force Academy	27-27	13-13
1990	U.S. Air Force Academy	26-34	7-21
1991	U.S. Air Force Academy	22-37	1-20
1992	U.S. Air Force Academy	23-24	5-20
1993	U.S. Air Force Academy	28-22	5-16
1994	U.S. Air Force Academy	26-24	7-15
1995	University of Notre Dame	40-21	11-4
1996	University of Notre Dame	44-18	13-7	CWS Regionals
1997	University of Notre Dame	41-19	15-6
1998	University of Notre Dame	41-17	15-4
1999	University of Notre Dame	43-18	20-5	CWS Regionals
2000	University of Notre Dame	46-18	18-7	CWS Regionals
2001	University of Notre Dame	49-13-1	22-4	CWS Regionals
2002	University of Notre Dame	50-18	18-8	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2003	University of Notre Dame	45-18	16-7	CWS Regionals
2004	University of Notre Dame	51-12	20-6	CWS Regionals
2005	University of Notre Dame	38-24-1	14-9	CWS Regionals
2006	University of Notre Dame	45-17-1	21-5-1	CWS Regionals
2007	Louisiana State University	29-26-1	12-17-1
2008	Louisiana State University	49-19-1	18-11-1	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2009	Louisiana State University	56-17	20-10	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2010	Louisiana State University	41-22	14-16	CWS Regionals
2011	Louisiana State University	36-20	13-17
2012	Louisiana State University	47-18	19-11	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2013	Louisiana State University	57-11	23-7	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2014	Louisiana State University	46-16-1	17-11-1	CWS Regionals
2015	Louisiana State University	54-12	21-8	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2016	Louisiana State University	45-21	19-11	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2017	Louisiana State University	52-20	21-9	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2018	Louisiana State University	37-25	15-15	CWS Regionals
2019	Louisiana State University	40-26	17-13	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2020	Louisiana State University	12-5	0-0
2021	Louisiana State University			CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals