Roy Lee Pierce (June 8, 1898 – August 4, 1970) was an American football, basketball, and track and field coach, athletics administrator, and educator. He served as the head football coach at Doane College in Crete, Nebraska for five seasons, from 1928 to 1932, compiling a record of 18–16–3. Pierce was also the head basketball coach at Doane from 1928 to 1933.
Pierce lettered in football, basketball, and track and field at Doane before graduating in 1921. He began coaching in 1921 at a high school in Wilber, Nebraska. His track teams at Wilber won two state championships. in 1924, Pierce went to Grand Island High School in Grand Island, Nebraska, where he coached football, basketball, and track and field. He returned to Doane in 1928, succeeding Ward Haylett as athletic coach. Pierce was the athletic director at Doane for seven years, from 1928 to 1935. He was later a coach and instructor at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis, Nebraska. He died on August 4, 1970, at his home in Curtis, after a heart attack.
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