Collection:LPB

Genre: Interview

Place Covered: Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2024-03-28

Duration: 00:13:00

Subjects: LSU Tigers (Baseball team) | Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame | Mainieri, Paul | Baseball coaches

Contributors:

• Rollins, Lyn Host
• Mainieri, Paul Interviewee
• Bertman, Skip Interviewee
• Maestri, Ron Interviewee
• Mahtook, Mikie Interviewee

This episode of the series “Behind the Glory” from March 28, 2024, features Lyn Rollins’ interview with Paul Mainieri, a 2023 inductee into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. Mainieri coached the LSU baseball team from 2007-2021, including the 2009 national championship team. He discusses: following in his father’s footsteps as a baseball coach; his early coaching career; his decision to coach at LSU; the importance of helping the community; his decision to retire; and the honor of being inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. This episode also includes a profile of Mainieri’s career, including interviews with: Skip Bertman, LSU baseball coach, 1984-2001; Ron Maestri, former UNO head coach and athletic director; and Mikie Mahtook, LSU centerfielder, 2009-2011.