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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 119
BY SENATOR LONG
A RESOLUTION
To commend Paul Mainieri on the 1,400th victory of his college baseball coaching career.
WHEREAS, Paul Mainieri has established himself as one of the most successful and
distinguished coaches in college baseball history; and
WHEREAS, his successful career in baseball first began while in college, where he
played for one season with Louisiana State University, one year with the Miami-Dade North
Community College before transferring to the University of New Orleans, where he played
for two years and helped the team with two Sun Belt Conferences; and
WHEREAS, after two years as a minor league player for the Niagra Falls Pirates,
Paul Mainieri began his distinguished coaching career, and over the years has led the St.
Thomas University Bobcats, the United States Air Force Academy, and the Notre Dame
Fighting Irish; and
WHEREAS, since 2007, he has served as head coach of the Louisiana State
University Tigers baseball team, racking up a National Collegiate Athletic Association
championship, four Southeast Conference championships, has been named the National
College Baseball Writers Association Coach of the Year, Baseball America Coach of the
Year, Collegiate Baseball Coach of the Year, and twice has been named Southeast
Conference Coach of the Year, among many other awards and accolades; and
WHEREAS, on April 15, 2018, he became only the thirteenth coach in the history
of Division I baseball to have accumulated 1,400 wins when he led the LSU Tigers to victory
over the University of Tennessee Volunteers baseball team; and
WHEREAS, this triumph is just one of many that has made Coach Mainieri an
inspiration to his team, the people of Louisiana, and a legend in baseball history.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend and congratulate Coach Paul Mainieri on his 1,400th victory of his
college baseball coaching career.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Paul
Mainieri.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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