South Carolina, however, is hoping Mainieri can lead the Gamecocks to the success of the 2010 and 2011 seasons, the only two College World Series championships in the program's history.

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Paul Mainieri, 66, comes out of retirement to take over the Gamecocks baseball program after 15-year tenure at LSU, 2009 College World Series title.

If South Carolina fired Mainieri without cause after the season, the school would owe him $5.2 million — the remainder of his contract (four years, $1.3 million annually).

“I saw my phone ring and it was (then South Carolina athletic director) Ray Tanner,” Mainieri said. As he recalls it, Tanner didn’t initially reach out to make a sales pitch.

Which brings us to 2024, to Mainieri’s reemergence into the college baseball world after taking the head coaching job at South Carolina in June.

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Paul Mainieri will be retained as South Carolina’s head baseball coach, a university source told The State on Wednesday. The news comes after the Gamecocks’ 2025 season wrapped up with an 11-3 ...

Goal No. 1 for Mainieri at South Carolina might be putting that in place. “He’ll come in and obviously put down his expectations and rules while being firm and hard on them,” Dean said.

Paul Mainieri will be retained as South Carolina’s head baseball coach, a university source told The State on Wednesday. The news comes after the Gamecocks’ 2025 season wrapped up with an 11-3 ...

Mainieri replaces Mark Kingston, who had led the Gamecocks' program for the past seven seasons. South Carolina posted a 37-25 record this past year and was eliminated in the Raleigh regional.

Mainieri saw it, called Robertson into his office and said the technique made him want to vomit. An LSU player on Mainieri’s first team in Baton Rouge, Blake Dean bombed 56 home runs as a Tiger.