OMAHA, Neb. – Highly successful head coach Paul Mainieri of LSU was named the 2015 National College Baseball Writers Association Coach of the Year by the organization at a national media conference on Saturday morning at TD Ameritrade Park. Mainieri is the eighth recipient of the annual award that is voted upon by the NCBWA Board of Directors.
“Congratulations to Coach Mainieri on the NCBWA National Coach of the Year award,” said NCBWA Executive Director Bo Carter. “He has continued the nationally competitive tradition of LSU Baseball and is much deserving of this award.”
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The National Coach of the Year designation is the fourth for Mainieri during his career. He has received National Coach of the Year recognition two previous times at LSU (2008, 2009) and once at Notre Dame (2000).
Mainieri has directed LSU to a 53-10 record this season and a berth in the College World Series. The Tigers also captured the SEC regular-season championship and have been ranked No. 1 in the nation for 10 consecutive weeks. LSU enters the College World Series undefeated in NCAA Regional and Super Regional action.
The LSU squad features five first-team All-SEC players, and four Tigers have earned All-America recognition. Eight LSU players were selected in the 2015 MLB Draft conducted this week.
Mainieri was named the SEC Coach of the Year for the second time in his career after leading LSU to its league-best 16th SEC regular-season championship. It was the third title during his nine-season tenure. LSU also won the SEC Western Division title for the 18th time in school history and for the fifth time under Mainieri.
Over the past four seasons, LSU has won a nation’s-best 203 games, and the Tigers are the only team in the country to earn a National Seed in each of the last four NCAA Tournaments.
NCBWA membership includes writers, broadcasters and publicists. Designed to promote and publicize college baseball, it is the sport’s only college media-related organization, founded in 1962.
PAUL MAINIERI COACH OF THE YEAR AWARDS at LSU
15 Coach of the Year Awards (in 5 different seasons)
3-time National Coach of the Year (2008, 2009, 2015)
2015 National Coach of the Year by the National College Baseball Writers Association
2015 – One of eight finalists for the Skip Bertman National Coach of the Year Award
2015 SEC Coach of the Year
2013 Coach of the Year by Louisiana Sports Writers Association
2013 – One of five finalists for the inaugural Skip Bertman National Coach of the Year Award
2012 Coach of the Year by Louisiana Sports Writers Association
2009 National Coach of the Year by American Baseball Coaches Association
2009 National Coach of the Year by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
2009 National Coach of the Year by Baseball America
2009 National Coach of the Year by Rivals.com
2009 SEC Coach of the Year
2009 South Region Coach of the Year by American Baseball Coaches Association
2009 Coach of the Year by Louisiana Sports Writers Association
2009 College Coach of the Year in Louisiana by All-State Sugar Bowl Committee
2008 National Coach of the Year by College Baseball Insider.com
2008 National Coach of the Year by Rivals.com
2008 Coach of the Year by Louisiana Sports Writers Association
Also, named National Coach of the Year once while at Notre Dame (2000 by College Baseball Insider)