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 The Memphis Tigers men's basketball team represents the University of Memphis in NCAA Division I men's college basketball. The Tigers have competed in the American Athletic Conference since 2013. As of 2020, the Tigers had the 26th highest winnin ...

team under coach Tubby Smith during the 2017-18 season. Prior to that, he was an assistant coach for the

NC State Wolfpack men's basketball The NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team represents North Carolina State University in NCAA Division I men's basketball competition. NC State is one of the seven founding members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Prior to joining the ACC in 1 ...

team,

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team and is also the former interim head coach of the

Louisiana State University Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as Louisiana State University (LSU), is an American Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louis ...

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team. Pierre, a 9-year assistant at LSU, replaced former head coach John Brady, who was fired on February 8, 2008. Pierre was born in

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. He is a 1984 graduate of

Mississippi State University Mississippi State University for Agriculture and Applied Science, commonly known as Mississippi State University (MSU), is a Public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Mississippi State, Mississippi, Un ...

with a degree in education. He received a

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in education from Mississippi State in 1986.

Head coaching record

References

External links

Official Bio @ LSUSports.netOfficial Bio @ nwfraiders.com
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