Butch Pierre | |
Current Title: | Assistant coach |
Birth Date: | 4 October 1962 |
Birth Place: | Darrow, Louisiana, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1980 - 1984 |
Player Team1: | Mississippi State |
Player Positions: | Point guard |
Coach Years1: | 1984–1986 |
Coach Team1: | Mississippi State (asst.) |
Coach Years2: | 1986–1988 |
Coach Team2: | Kentucky State (asst.) |
Coach Years3: | 1988–1996 |
Coach Team3: | Southwestern Louisiana (asst.) |
Coach Years4: | 1996–1997 |
Coach Team4: | Charlotte (asst.) |
Coach Years5: | 1997–2002 |
Coach Team5: | LSU (asst.) |
Coach Years6: | 2002–2008 |
Coach Team6: | LSU (Asst. HC) |
Coach Years7: | 2008 |
Coach Team7: | LSU (Interim HC) |
Coach Years8: | 2008–2016 |
Coach Team8: | Oklahoma State (asst.) |
Overall Record: | 5–5 (.500) |
Coach Team9: | NC State (asst.) |
Coach Years9: | 2016–2017 |
Admin Team1: | Memphis (director of player personnel) |
Admin Years1: | 2017–2018 |
Coach Team10: | Northwest Florida State College |
Coach Years10: | 2019–2021 |
Coach Team11: | Wichita State (asst.) |
Coach Years11: | 2022–2023 |
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.
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.