LSU PICKS MAINIERI
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
LSU ATHLETIC DIRECTOR SKIP BERTMAN ANNOUNCED THE HIRING OF FORMER NOTRE DAME COACH PAUL MAINIERI AS THE SCHOOL`S NEW BASEBALL CALLED AT A PRESS CONFERENCE THIS MORNING IN BATON ROUGE. MAINIERI LED THE IRISH TO MORE THAN 500 WINS AND NINE NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES IN 12 SEASONS. HE REPLACES SMOKE LAVAL WHO WON 40 GAMES PER YEAR IN FIVE SEASONS, BUT DIDN`T GET THE TIGERS TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT THIS YEAR.
