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- ↑ "Rice Owls Pierce Bio". Rice Owls Athletics. Archived from the original on July 14, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
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- ↑ Ronnie Turner (June 15, 2011). "Pierce succeeds legend as SHSU baseball coach". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
- ↑ "Sam Houston State's Pierce Named ABCA Regional Coach of the Year". Southland Conference. July 26, 2012. Archived from the original on July 5, 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
- ↑ "Tulane hires Sam Houston State's David Pierce as baseball coach". The New Orleans Advocate. June 9, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
- ↑ Tammy Nunez (April 8, 2014). "Tulane baseball coach Rick Jones talks about stepping down this spring from his lifelong passion". nola.com. Retrieved April 11, 2014.