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
Title	Assistant coach
Biographical details
Born	(1962-10-04) October 4, 1962 (age 61) Darrow, Louisiana, U.S.
Playing career
1980–1984	Mississippi State
Position(s)	Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1984–1986	Mississippi State (asst.)
1986–1988	Kentucky State (asst.)
1988–1996	Southwestern Louisiana (asst.)
1996–1997	Charlotte (asst.)
1997–2002	LSU (asst.)
2002–2008	LSU (Asst. HC)
2008	LSU (Interim HC)
2008–2016	Oklahoma State (asst.)
2016–2017	NC State (asst.)
2019–2021	Northwest Florida State College
2022–2023	Wichita State (asst.)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2017–2018	Memphis (director of player personnel)
Head coaching record
Overall	5–5 (.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 Tigers (Southeastern Conference) (2008)
2007–08	LSU	5–5	5–5
LSU:		5–5	5–5
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. . okstate.com. Archived from the original on August 5, 2018. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
4. "Butch Pierre". sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 29, 2018.

External links

• Official Bio @ LSUSports.net
• Official Bio @ nwfraiders.com