Bobby Pierce
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Bobby Pierce is the head collegiate 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 eight straight winning seasons, including two 40+ win seasons. Pierce has also led his program to two NCAA Regionals in 2006 and 2007.
In 2010, Pierce was inducted into the Alabama Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame.
Troy Trojans baseball
The Troy baseball team represents Troy University in NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. The earliest Troy team on record began play in 1911. The program possesses a 1,422-835-1 overall record since the school began playing baseball and keeping records...
. 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
University of Alabama
The University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States....
. 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
Troy Trojans baseball
The Troy baseball team represents Troy University in NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. The earliest Troy team on record began play in 1911. The program possesses a 1,422-835-1 overall record since the school began playing baseball and keeping records...
in 2003, Pierce has won an Atlantic Sun Conference
Atlantic Sun Conference
The Atlantic Sun Conference is a college athletic conference operating in the Southeastern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I; it does not sponsor football. The conference was established in 1978 as the Trans America Athletic Conference...
regular season title (2005), two Sun Belt Conference
Sun Belt Conference
The Sun Belt Conference is a college athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Its football teams participate in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision , the higher of two levels of Division I football competition . The Sun Belt has member institutions...
regular season titles (2006, 2011), and one Sun Belt Conference tournament title (2006). He has coached Troy to eight straight winning seasons, including two 40+ win seasons. Pierce has also led his program to two NCAA Regionals in 2006 and 2007.
In 2010, Pierce was inducted into the Alabama Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame.