After leading the Roadrunners to two Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference tournament berths in his first two seasons, Bobby Pierce begins his third year as head baseball coach at Metro State in 2008-09.

The 2008 season was a turning point for the Roadrunners as Pierce led Metro State to a 38-19 overall record, more than double the number of wins just one season earlier, and a second-place finish in the RMAC's Mountain Division. The Roadrunners earned their second consecutive conference tournament bid under Pierce as Reece Gorman and Jake Palmer each earned all-America honors. In addition, 11 players earned all-RMAC recognition, including four on the first team, as well as the league's Freshman of the Year (Brennan Brown).

In 2007, Pierce's first season in Denver, the Roadrunners went 17-35 overall and 13-24 in RMAC play. He led his squad to a berth in the RMAC Tournament, where it enjoyed two wins, including a victory over top-seeded Mesa State. Pierce coached his first all-American, catcher Reece Gorman, and Metro State also had four all-RMAC selections.

Prior to arriving at Metro State, Pierce spent three seasons at Arkansas-Little Rock under head coach Jim Lawler. While at Arkansas-Little Rock, Pierce primarily worked as the hitting coach. In 2006, the Trojans posted an overall record of 24-30, including 5-19 in the Sun Belt Conference. Under Pierce's tutelage, the Arkansas-Little Rock hitters increased the team batting average by 19 points from 2004 to 2005 (.276), and by 22 points from 2005 to 2006 (.298). Pierce helped coach nine players that continued their baseball careers as professionals. He also helped put together two nationally-ranked recruiting classes by Collegiate Baseball Magazine in 2004 and 2005.

Prior to his position at Arkansas-Little Rock, Pierce served as the recruiting coordinator at Central Arizona College under head coach Clint Myers for one season. The Vaqueros, the nation's top-ranked team in the preseason, finished the 2003 season ranked eighth in the National Junior College Athletic Association national poll after posting a 38-17 overall record.

In addition to his collegiate coaching experience, Pierce served as the head coach of the Elkhart Dusters of the Jayhawk Collegiate Summer Baseball League in 2004, as well as an assistant coach during the 2003 season.

As a player, Pierce spent the 1998 season at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, before transferring to Central Arizona College for the 1999 season, where his team qualified for the National Junior College World Series in Grand Junction, Colo. He then spent his 2000 junior and 2001 senior seasons at New Mexico State University. Pierce earned second team all-Big West Conference honors as a utility player in 2000. A 2001 graduate of New Mexico State, Pierce earned a bachelor's degree in accounting.

A Las Vegas, Nev., native, Pierce was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 60th round in the June 1997 free agent draft following his prep career at Green Valley High School.

Pierce and his wife, Lizette, have a son, Bobby Pierce, Jr.