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Reports: University of South Carolina Fires Head Baseball Coach Paul Mainieri
Paul Mainieri retires after a 40-40 record with South Carolina, stepping down amid historic losses and a 0-4 SEC start this season, with Monte Lee named interim coach.
- On March 21, 2026, Paul Mainieri, South Carolina head coach, and Jeremiah Donati, South Carolina athletic director, announced they have parted ways and Mainieri will retire permanently.
- Having surrendered 54 runs in three games, South Carolina missed the NCAA Tournament last year, started 12-11, and lost 22-6 to Arkansas on March 20.
- Paul Mainieri, South Carolina head coach, posted a 40-40 record and acknowledged, 'I take full responsibility for the win/loss record of the baseball program over the 80 games I have served as head coach.'
- Associate head coach Monte Lee was named interim head coach, and Jeremiah Donati said a morning conversation with Mainieri led to the parting, praising him as a Hall of Fame coach.
- Paul Mainieri, a Hall of Fame coach, had been the winningest active Division I coach before South Carolina parted ways; he coached LSU from 2007-21 with a 641-285-3 record and the 2009 national championship and retired again after a three‑year retirement before South Carolina.
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