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 people Akita Northern Happinets coaches Basketball coaches from Oregon American basketball scouts Biola University alumni Cleveland Cavaliers scouts High school basketball coaches in the United States Miami Heat scouts Sendai 89ers coaches Shiga Lakes coaches Sportspeople from Portland, Oregon Tokyo Excellence coaches USC Trojans men's basketball coaches