BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU coach Paul Mainieri has earned college baseball's highest honor, as he has been selected for induction into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. ... a candidate must be named on 75% of the ballots to gain induction.



Since 2001, the only coaches of now-SEC schools that have been selected are:


Paul Mainieri, ST/AF/ND/LSU (1983-current)
-1,122-614-7 (.646 win pct)
-- 533–213–3 at ND (.714)
-- 258–122–2 at LSU (.679)
- one National Championship ('09)
-three CWS appearances ('02 w/ND, '08 and '09 w/LSU)

Skip Bertman, LSU (1984-2001)
- 870-330-3 (.724 win pct)
- five National Championships ('91 , '93 , '96 , '97 , and '00)

Mark Johnson, Texas A&M (1985-2005)
- 876-431-3 (.670 win pct)
- two CWS appearances ('93, '99)
- #7 jersey hangs on the right field wall at Olsen Field in honor of his service to A&M

Keith Madison, Kentucky (1979-2002)
- 713-602-5 (.542 win pct)
- two appearances in NCAA Tournament ('88 and '93)
- served as president, vice president and on the board of directors of the ABCA (the group that runs the hall of fame)

Norm DeBriyn, Arkansas (1970-2002)
- 1,161-650-6 (.639 win pct)
- four CWS appearances ('79 , '85 , '87 , '89)
- Skip Bertman: "He's a Hall of Famer. Norm and so many coaches of his generation have set the stage for college baseball and made it what it is today."