Bob Pierce
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), and the Sendai 89ers (2011-2013) in Japan and a former college basketball assistant coach for University of Southern California. 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. Head coaching record |- | 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;"| |- |- class="sortbottom" ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" | Bj league totals ! 240||104||136|||| ||7||1||6|||| References 1960 births Living