LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri inducted into Hall of Fame

LSU head baseball coach Paul Mainieri at right receives his plaque from Gene McArtor of the American Baseball Coaches Association during his Hall of Fame induction ceremony held Friday in Dallas. 

LSU coach Paul Mainieri was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in a ceremony held Friday in Dallas as part of the annual ABCA convention. Mainieri joined his father, Demie Mainieri, in the Hall of Fame, who coached at Miami-Dade North Community College to 1,012 wins and a national championship in his 30-year career. Paul Mainieri becomes just the 10th Southeastern Conference coach to enter the ABCA Hall of Fame. Mainieri has a collegiate record of 1,179 wins, 625 losses and seven ties in his 31 seasons of collegiate coaching. He is No. 10 on the career wins list for active NCAA coaches. Mainieri is one of only six active coaches to have won 1,000 games and an NCAA national title. Mainieri is only the fourth Louisiana coach to enter the Hall of Fame, joining LSU's Skip Bertman, who was inducted in 2003, Wilbert Ellis of Grambling State 2007 and Ron Maestri of UNO inducted in 1991.