Bobby Pierce (baseball coach, born 1959)

{{Infobox college coach | name = Bobby Pierce | image = 6111E764-94DC-3534-CA13CFF70D7CF5B8.jpg | current_title = Head coach | current_team = Troy | sport = Baseball | current_conference = Sun Belt | current_record = 395–256 | birth_date = (1959-07-18) July 18, 1959 | birth_place = Marianna, Florida | death_date = | death_place = | overall_record = 930–459 (college)
259–92 (junior college) | contract = | tournament_record = 5-8 (NCAA) | CFbDWID = | championships = 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) | coaching_records = | player_years = 1981 | player_teams = Alabama | player_positions = Outfield | coach_years = 1982–1989
1990–1994
1995–2002
2003–present | coach_teams = Chipola
Alabama (assistant)
Alabama-Huntsville
Troy }}

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.

Statistics overview

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
Troy:		354-236	177-118
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

• List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches

External links

• Troy profile