Bobby Pierce

This article is about the college coach. For other uses, see Bobby Pierce (disambiguation).
Bobby Pierce
Sport(s) Baseball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Troy
Conference Sun Belt
Record 395–256
Biographical details
Born (1959-07-18) July 18, 1959
Marianna, Florida
Playing career
1981 Alabama
Position(s) Outfield
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1982–1989 Chipola
1990–1994 Alabama (assistant)
1995–2002 Alabama-Huntsville
2003–present Troy
Head coaching record
Overall 930–459 (college)
259–92 (junior college)
Tournaments 5-8 (NCAA)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2001 Gulf South Champions (UAH)
2005 Atlantic Sun Champions
2006 Sun Belt Champions
2011 Sun Belt Champions
2013 Sun Belt Champions
Awards
Alabama Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame
2005 A-Sun Coach of the Year
2006 Sun Belt Coach of the Year
2011 Sun Belt Coach of the Year
South Central Region Coach of the Year (ABCA)

Bobby Pierce (born July 18, 1959) is the head baseball coach at Troy University. He started his coaching career at Chipola Junior College, where he coached from 1982 to 1989. He posted a 259–92 record there with five berths in the state tournament. He was later hired as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Alabama. As an assistant, he went 158–122. In 1996, he was the head baseball coach at the University of Alabama at Huntsville, where he went 276–108.

Since becoming head coach of Troy in 2003, Pierce has won an Atlantic Sun Conference regular season title (2005), two Sun Belt Conference regular season titles (2006, 2011), and one Sun Belt Conference tournament title (2006). He has coached Troy to multiple winning seasons, including three 40+ win seasons. Pierce has also led his program to four NCAA Regionals (2006, 2007, 2011, 2013) since becoming head coach.

In 2010, Pierce was inducted into the Alabama Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame.

Head coaching records

Below is a table of Pierce's yearly records as an NCAA Division I head baseball coach.[1][2]

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Troy Trojans (Atlantic Sun Conference) (2003–2005)
2003 Troy State 27-27 16-17 t-7th
2004 Troy 36-22 15-15 5th
2005 Troy 37-21 23-7 1st
Troy Trojans (Sun Belt Conference) (2006–present)
2006 Troy 47-16 20-4 1st NCAA Regional
2007 Troy 34-27 16-14 t-3rd NCAA Regional
2008 Troy 32-26 18-12 3rd
2009 Troy 33-21 18-10 3rd
2010 Troy 36-25 16-14 t-6th
2011 Troy 43-19 21-9 1st NCAA Regional
2012 Troy 28-30 14-16 t-6th
2013 Troy 42-20 20-10 t-1st NCAA Regional
2014 Troy 25-32 11-18 6th
2015 Troy 30-25 18-10 2nd
Troy: 451-313 226-156
Total: 395-256

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2013 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Record Book". AtlanticSun.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 15, 2013. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  2. ↑ "2013 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Record Book". SunBeltSports.org. Sun Belt Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 13, 2013. Retrieved May 13, 2013.

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