Post Playing
Pierce followed Tommy Bishop as coach of the Sharks in 1981. They made the semi-finals that year but finished eighth in 1982 and Pierce left the club.
He coached junior football on the Central Coast, New South Wales for a time, including coaching a Country Under 17s side. He moved to Lord Howe Island for a period where he was the island's operations manager.
He returned to an active involvement with the Cronulla club in 1994 and was named one of the club's "Immortals " in 2003. From 2003 he waged a courageous and successful battle against cancer.
His grandfather, Arthur Folwell, was a 1933-34 Kangaroo Tourist who played two rugby league Tests for Australia. His father Richie Pierce was a successful referee and touch judge in the Newtown Juniors, and also for the New South Wales Rugby League.
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