| Bill Pierce | |
| Birth Date: | 6 September 1909 |
| Birth Place: | Seibert, Colorado, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Victoria, Texas, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1930–1932 |
| Player Team1: | Notre Dame |
| Player Positions: | Guard |
| Coach Years1: | 1933 |
| Coach Team1: | St. Edward's (line) |
| Coach Years2: | 1934 |
| Coach Team2: | Austin (line) |
| Coach Years3: | 1935 |
| Coach Team3: | Austin |
| Coach Years4: | 1936–1939 |
| Coach Team4: | St. Edward's |
| Coach Years5: | 1946 |
| Coach Team5: | Stephen F. Austin |
| Coach Years6: | 1947–1948 |
| Coach Team6: | Austin |
| Overall Record: | 28–45–4 |
| Championships: | 2 Texas Conference (1935, 1939) |
William Clarkson Pierce (September 6, 1909 – September 8, 1981) was an American college football player and coach.[1] A Notre Dame player during his college years, he served as the head football coach at Stephen F. Austin State University, Austin College and St. Edward's University in Texas.[2]
Pierce began his coaching career in 1933 at St. Edward's, when he was hired as line coach under head football coach Jack Chevigny. He moved to Austin College the following year to serve in the same capacity under Joseph B. Head.[3]
Pierce was born on September 6, 1909, in Seibert, Colorado. He served in World War II and later worked for Kraft Foods. He retired in 1975 and moved from Champaign, Illinois to Victoria, Texas, where he died in a hospital on September 8, 1981. He was buried at Memory Gardens in Edna, Texas.[4]