Background
A native of Hill, New Mexico, Pierce grew up in Fort Stockton, Texas, graduating from high school there in 1932.
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Paul Pierce
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Education
University of Houston.
Career
He served as head coach at Sul Ross State University from 1946 to 1951 and at Sam Houston State University from 1952 to 1967, amassing a career college football record of 94–52–7 134–72–9. His Sam Houston State Bearkats shared the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Football National Championship in 1964 after tying the Concordia Cobbers in the title game. He went on to attend Schreiner Institute (now Schreiner University) in Kerrville, Texas, where he earned his associate of arts degree while playing football, basketball and track.
Pierce continued his collegiate career at Sul Ross State Teachers College (now Sul Ross State University) in Alpine, Texas.
He participated in varsity football and basketball, and graduated two years later with his bachelor of science degree in chemistry. He earned his Editor.D. degree from the University of Houston in 1961.
During World World War II, Pierce served as a gunnery officer in the United States Navy, and became the head football coach at the Bainbridge Naval Training Center in Portuguese Deposit, Maryland near the conclusion of the war. In 1946 Pierce was hired at his alma mater Sul Ross State to rebuild a football program that was discontinued during the war.
He guided the Lobos to 18 consecutive wins, four conference championships and two bowl games, including the 1949 Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, Florida.
In 1952, Pierce became the head football coach, head track coach and athletic director at Sam Houston State. His teams at SHSU tied for four conference championships and played in five bowl games. His 1964 Bearcat team tied Concordia College for a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics co-championship.
He returned to Sul Ross in 1968 as a professor of health and education and chairman of the physical education department.
Although better known for his football teams, he had an outstanding record at Sul Ross as the women"s volleyball coach.
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Nationality
United States