Robert Pierce (born August 1, 1960) is a former professional basketball head coach for Hitachi, Shiga, Akita, and Sendai in Japan and a former college basketball assistant coach for University of Southern California. He can speak English, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese and Korean languages. Currently he is a Director of Instruction for the Five-Star Sports China and serves for the Miami Heat of the NBA as the scout in China.
Head coaching record
| Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
| Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win–loss % |
| Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
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| Hitachi | 1999-00 | 16 | 5 | 11 | .313 | | | | | – | |
| Hitachi | 2000-01 | 21 | 6 | 15 | .286 | 7th | | | | – | Missed playoffs |
| Shiga | 2008-09 | 52 | 19 | 33 | .365 | 5th in Western | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | Missed playoffs |
| Shiga | 2009-10 | 52 | 29 | 23 | .558 | 4th in Western | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | Lost in First Round |
| Akita | 2010-11 | 50 | 18 | 32 | .360 | 6th in Eastern | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | Lost in First Round |
| Sendai | 2011-12 | 52 | 25 | 27 | .481 | 6th in Eastern | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | Lost in First Round |
| Sendai | 2012-13 | 34 | 13 | 21 | .382 | Fired | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| Bj league totals | 240 | 104 | 136 | .433 | | 7 | 1 | 6 | .143 | |
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