LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri will coach the U.S. national collegiate team in 2018, USA Baseball announced Tuesday.
Mainieri previously served as an assistant on the U.S. national collegiate team in 2015, and former LSU pitcher Alex Lange played on the team in 2016. This will be Mainieri's first turn as the U.S. national head coach.
"It has been a goal of mine since I went into coaching 36 years ago to one day coach our nation's team," Mainieri said in an LSU-released statement. "And to now have that dream realized is almost overwhelming."
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