Butch Pierre

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.

Butch Pierre
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamNorthwest State Florida College
ConferencePanhandle Conference
Biographical details
Born (1962-10-04) October 4, 1962
Darrow, Louisiana
Playing career
1980–1984Mississippi State
Position(s)Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1984–1986Mississippi State (asst.)
1986–1988Kentucky State (asst.)
1988–1996Southwestern Louisiana (asst.)
1996–1997Charlotte (asst.)
1997–2002LSU (asst.)
2002–2008LSU (Asst. HC)
2008LSU (Interim HC)
2008–2016Oklahoma State (asst.)
2016–2017NC State (asst.)
2017–2018Memphis (director of player personnel)
2019–presentNorthwest Florida State College (head coach)
Head coaching record
Overall5–5 (.500)

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
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
LSU (Interim) (Southeastern Conference) (2008–2008)
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

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.
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