J. A. Pierce

American football coach (1874–1956)

Joseph Audley Pierce (August 31, 1874 – June 23, 1956) was an American football coach. He was the first head football coach at the University of Tennessee, serving from 1899 to 1900 and compiling a record of 9–4–1. Pierce was an alumnus of Lafayette College.^[1] During the 1920s, Pierce coached at Corsicana High School in Corsicana, Texas.

Pierce died in 1956 and was buried in Homewood Cemetery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.^[2]

Head coaching record

References

1. "Joseph Audley Pierce". The Twentieth Century Bench and Bar of Pennsylvania. II. H. C. Cooper, Jr., Bro. & Co.: 995 1903. Retrieved December 28, 2015 – via Google Books.
2. Joseph Audley Pierce (1874-1956) - Find a Grave

External links

• J. A. Pierce at Find a Grave