Commendation Paul Mainieri for Stellar Coaching Career at the University of Notre Dame and wishing him the best as 25th LSU Baseball Head Coach

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I RESOLUTION NO. 3 S ~ l '~~O A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, PUBLICLY COMMENDING BASEBALL HEAD COACH PAUL MAINIERI FOR A STELLAR COACHING CAREER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME AND WISHING HIM THE VERY BEST AS HE BECOMES THE 25TH LSU BASEBALL HEAD COACH ~'l~~ii~aa, the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, recognizes that Head Baseball Coach Paul Mainieri won 533 games while directing the University of Notre Dame's baseball program, and took the Fighting Irish to nine (9) NCAA Tournaments during his tenure; and ~12~~ead, the Common Council is especially proud to recognize that from 1995-2006, Coach Mainieri established "an unparalleled standard of excellence" for his student-athletes and coaches as epitomized by rolling up eleven (11) 40-win seasons; nine (9) conference titles and a berth in the 2002 College World Series, with that berth being Notre Dame's first CWS trip since 1957; and c~1. under Coach Mainieri, the Notre Dame Baseball Team had a .728 winning percentage during the decade of the 2000s with a record of 324-120-3; and his 2004 team turning in the historic 51-12 record; and ~~~eaa. during Coach Mainleri's tenure at Notre Dame, he had a 100% graduation rate among players who completed their eligibility, with Notre Dame being the only Division I baseball program to produce Academic All-Americans each year from 2000 to 2004; and with the 2006 baseball team having a 3.28 team GPA during the spring semester. ~au~, ~~ex~e, lse it xeaoGue2; by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: Section I. On behalf of all of the citizens of the City of South Bend, Indiana, the Common Council hereby publicly commends, congratulates and sincerely thanks HEAD BASEBALL COACH PAUL MAINIERI for his professional and caring leadership in guiding the student-athletes of the University of Notre Dame's Baseball Teams to become one of the nation's elite college baseball programs and for all the great memories he and his team have provided during his twelve (12) action-packed seasons. Section II HEAD BASEBALL COACH PAUL MAINIERI, a former Chicago White Sox farmhand, and the 1St civilian Head Baseball Coach at the Air Force Academy, before coming to the University of Notre Dame, leaves the ND Program in excellent shape because of his focus and daily emphasis on academics, professionalism, ability, enthusiasm, as reflected by Coach Mainieri becoming the winningest coach in Big East regular-season history in 2003; being the nation's only coach to repeat as American Baseball Coaches Association's Mideast Regional Coach of the year in 2002; contributing countless hours of his time and resources to our conununity such as Coach Mainieri's establishment in 2002 of the Opening Night Dinner which has brought in such notables as Tommy Lasorda, Jim Hendry, John Grisham, and Roger Clemens, with the Joyce Center being sold out for each event with over 1,800 people being in attendance. Section III. The South Bend Common Council wishes HEAD BASEBALL COACH PAUL MAINIERI, his wife Karen, and their children Nicholas, Alexandra, Samantha & Tom all the best as they embark on new career challenges & experiences on the college baseball diamond as Coach Manineri becomes LSU's Head Baseball Coach and re-locate to Louisiana; and hope that they will return to visit South Bend often. ouncil