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Love Coach Mainieri. He took the program from by cbo86

Coach Murphy and raised its profile even higher. It didn't hurt that he had core guys like Steve Stanley, Brian Stavisky and Grant Johnson but he took guys like Andrew Bushey, Matt Bok, Kris Billmaier, Joe Thaman and J.P. Gagne and turned them into invaluable CWS players. He turned us into the premier northern college baseball team through the 2006 season after which he left for LSU (he didn't have a choice as far as I'm concerned). I think he could mold the current team into a solid NCAA tournament team. They certainly wouldn't be making the same base running mistakes that have plagued the program since he left. If I ever win the lottery, I will commission a statue of him to be put up outside the Eck. I wish I could be there this week to cheer him and shake his hand.

Yes, it's his first visit back here. We played at LSU in 2012 and won 7-1.