David Pierce (baseball)
| David Pierce | |
|---|---|
| Sport(s) | Baseball |
| Current position | |
| Title | Head Coach |
| Team | Sam Houston State |
| Conference | Southland |
| Record | 40-22 |
| Biographical details | |
| Alma mater | University of Houston |
| Playing career | |
| 1982-83 1984-85 |
Wharton County Junior College Houston Cougars baseball |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1996-2001 2001-2003 2003-2012 2012-Present |
Dobie High School Houston (Asst.) Rice (Asst.) Sam Houston |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 40-22 |
| Tournaments | 2-2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
|
Championships 2 Southland Conference Regular Season Championships (2012-2013) 1 NCAA Regional Appearance (2012) | |
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Awards Southland Conference Coach of the Year (2012) ABCA Regional Coach of the Year | |
David Pierce is an American college baseball coach, currently the head coach of the Sam Houston State Bearkats. Pierce was hired as Sam Houston's head coach in 2011 following former coaching legend Mark Johnson's retirement.[1] Coach Pierce is currently in his second season and has a record of 40-22 following the 2012 season.[2] The 2012 season was only the 3rd time Sam Houston State finished with at least 40 wins in its 26 year history at the Division I level.[3] As a head coach, Pierce has won two coach of the year awards, including the Southland Conference Coach of the Year Award and the AMCA Regional Coach of the Year.[4] Pierce has also coached 5 years at Dobie High School, where he won District Coach of the Year 3 times.
Assistant Coaching History
Prior to joining Sam Houston State University, Pierce made noise as an up and coming assistant coach in both hitting and pitching capacities.
University of Houston (2001-2003)
Pierce joined the collegiate coaching ranks at his alma mater, the University of Houston. As the Cougars hitting coach, he helped the team to two post-season tournaments. In 2002, his second year as an assistant coach, Pierce helped UH reach the Super Regional. His hitters finished with almost 700 hits and a .310 team batting average, good for 5th in Cougar history.[5]
Rice University (2003-2011)
Pierce joined the Rice staff as a pitching coach in 2003, and quickly coached the Owls into one of the most consistent pitching staffs in the nation. From 2007-2010, pitchers were in the top 20 in ERA. In 2007, the Owls were 4th in the country with a 3.04 ERA. In 2008, they were 10th (3.79) and in 2009 they were 16th in the nation (4.21).[6] His pitching staff ranked in the top 30 in staff ERA for 5 years as pitching coach for the Owls.[7]
Head Coaching History
Coach Pierce is the 7th Bearkats head coach since 1949 and in his first two seasons has coached Sam Houston to back-to-back Southland Conference regular season titles, back-to-back Southland Tournament appearances, and one NCAA regional appearance.[8]
Sam Houston State University (2011-Present)
2012
In the 2012 season, Pierce coached the Bearkats to its first outright conference title since 1989. In the 40 win season, the Bearkats won 13 straight games and was nationally ranked in each of the major national polls at one point in the season. The Bearkats won a league record 24 conference wins. In the post season, the Kats earned at at large bid to the Houston Regional where it equaled its best regional finish in its history, defeating the No. 1 seed Rice and reaching the finals against Arkansas.[7]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Sam Houston State Bearkats (Southland Conference) (2012–Present) | |||||||||
| 2012 | Sam Houston | 40-22 | 24-9 | 1st | Houston Regional | ||||
| 2013 | Sam Houston | 38-22 | 20-7 | 1st | Baton Rouge Regional | ||||
| Total: | 78-44 | ||||||||
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National champion
Conference regular season champion
Conference tournament champion
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See also
References
- ↑ Ronnie Turner (2011-06-15). "Pierce succeeds legend as SHSU baseball coach". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
- ↑ Sam Houston State Baseball Record Book: Year-By-Year. Sam Houston State Athletics. p. 2.
- ↑ "Sam Houston State Biography: David Pierce". Sam Houston State Athletics. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
- ↑ "Sam Houston State's Pierce Named ABCA Regional Coach of the Year". Southland Conference. 2012-07-26. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
- ↑ "Houston Cougars Biography: David Pierce". Houston Cougar Athletics. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
- ↑ "Rice Owls Pierce Bio". Rice Owls Athletics. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Kat Konnections: 2012 Baseball/Softball Game Day Program. Sam Houston State Athletics. 2012. p. 5.
- ↑ "Kats Win, Claim at Least a Share of Title". GoBearkats.com. 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
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