Paul Mainieri is out as baseball coach at South Carolina, less than halfway through his second season with the Gamecocks.

South Carolina coach Paul Mainieri resigned Saturday morning, hours following the Gamecocks’ 22-6 loss to seventh-ranked Arkansas in the series opener between the teams.

Paul Mainieri said in a statement released by the university on Saturday that he and athletic director Jeremiah Donati agreed that the program would be "better served with new leadership."