Butch Pierre

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Butch Pierre
Current position
TitleAssistant coach
Biographical details
Born (1962-10-04) October 4, 1962 (age 60)
Darrow, Louisiana, U.S.
Playing career
19801984 Mississippi State
Position(s) Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1984–1986 Mississippi State (asst.)
1986–1988 Kentucky State (asst.)
1988–1996 Southwestern Louisiana (asst.)
1996–1997 Charlotte (asst.)
1997–2002 LSU (asst.)
2002–2008LSU (Asst. HC)
2008LSU (Interim HC)
2008–2016 Oklahoma State (asst.)
2016–2017 NC State (asst.)
2019–2021 Northwest Florida State College
2022–2023 Wichita State (asst.)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2017–2018 Memphis (director of player personnel)
Head coaching record
Overall5–5 (.500)

Butch Pierre (born October 4, 1962) is a college basketball coach, currently serving as head coach at Northwest Florida State College. Prior to his stint at Northwest State Florida College, Pierre served as the director for player personnel for the University of Memphis Tigers men's basketball team under coach Tubby Smith during the 2017-18 season. [1] Prior to that, he was an assistant coach for the NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team, [2] Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team [3] and is also the former interim head coach of the Louisiana State University men's basketball team. [4] Pierre, a 9-year assistant at LSU, replaced former head coach John Brady, who was fired on February 8, 2008.

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Pierre was born in Darrow, Louisiana. He is a 1984 graduate of Mississippi State University with a degree in education. He received a master's degree in education from Mississippi State in 1986.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
LSU Tigers (Southeastern Conference)(2008)
2007–08 LSU 5–55–5
LSU:5–55–5
Total:5-5

      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

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References

  1. "Longtime assistant coach Butch Pierre joins Memphis men's basketball staff". commercialappeal.com. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  2. "NC State hires veteran men's basketball assistant Butch Pierre". charlotteobserver.com. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
  3. "Butch Pierre-Staff Directory-Oklahoma State University". okstate.com. Archived from the original on August 5, 2018. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
  4. "Butch Pierre". sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 29, 2018.