Robert Pierce | |
Birth Date: | 1 August 1960 |
Birth Place: | Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
League: | NBA |
Team: | Miami Heat |
Position: | Scout |
Highschool: | Kalamazoo Central (Kalamazoo, Michigan) |
College: | Biola |
Coach Start: | 1984 |
Cyears1: | 1984–1986 |
Cteam1: | La Miranda HS |
Cyears2: | 1986–1988 |
Cteam2: | Westminster HS |
Cyears3: | 1988–1993 |
Cteam3: | USC (asst.) |
Cyears4: | 1993–1995 |
Cteam4: | Sunny Hills HS |
Cyears5: | 1995–1997 |
Cteam5: | Lewis & Clark (asst.) |
Cyears6: | 1997–2000 |
Cteam6: | Hitachi Rising Suns |
Cyears7: | 2000–2001 |
Cteam7: | Hitachi SunRockers |
Cyears8: | 2001–2005 |
Cteam8: | Excellence |
Cyears9: | 2006–2007 |
Cteam9: | Shenzhen Basketball Club |
Cyears10: | 2008–2010 |
Cteam10: | Shiga Lakestars |
Cyears11: | 2010–2011 |
Cteam11: | Akita Northern Happinets |
Cyears12: | 2011–2013 |
Cteam12: | Sendai 89ers |
Cyears13: | 2015–2016 |
Cteam13: | China Men's U18 National (asst.) |
Cyears14: | 2002 |
Cteam14: | Japan Men's National (asst.) |
Robert Pierce (born August 1, 1960) is an American former professional basketball coach. He was the head coach for Sun Rockers Shibuya (1997–2001), Shiga Lakestars (2008-2010), Akita Northern Happinets (2010–2011),[1] and the Sendai 89ers (2011–2013) in Japan and a former college basketball assistant coach for University of Southern California.[2]
He can speak English, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese and Korean languages. Currently he is a Director of Instruction for the Five-Star Sports China, coaches the international school of Beijing men's basketball team, and serves for the Miami Heat of the NBA as the scout in China.
|- | style="text-align:left;"|Hitachi| style="text-align:left;"|1999-00| 16||5||11|||| |||||||||| |- | style="text-align:left;"|Hitachi| style="text-align:left;"|2000-01| 21||6||15||||style="text-align:center;"|7th ||||||||||style="text-align:center;"|Missed playoffs|- | style="text-align:left;"|Shiga| style="text-align:left;"|2008-09| 52||19||33|||| style="text-align:center;"|5th in Western|||0||0||0||| style="text-align:center;"|Missed playoffs|- | style="text-align:left;"|Shiga| style="text-align:left;"|2009-10| 52||29||23|||| style="text-align:center;"|4th in Western|||2||0||2||| style="text-align:center;"|Lost in First Round|-| style="text-align:left;"|Akita| style="text-align:left;"|2010-11|50||18||32|||| style="text-align:center;"|6th in Eastern|||2||0||2||| style="text-align:center;"|Lost in First Round|-| style="text-align:left;"|Sendai| style="text-align:left;"|2011-12| 52||25||27|||| style="text-align:center;"|6th in Eastern|||3||1||2||| style="text-align:center;"|Lost in First Round|-| style="text-align:left;"|Sendai| style="text-align:left;"|2012-13| 34||13||21|||| style="text-align:center;"|Fired|||0||0||0||| style="text-align:center;"||-
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