Joe Pierre III

Biography

Joe Pierre III joined CBU in April of 2026 as an inaugural member of Kyle Getter’s coaching staff. Pierre joined the Lancers after spending the 2025-26 season as the Assistant Coach/Defensive Coordinator for Furman University. In his one season with the Paladins, Furman finished 22-13, highlighted by a 76-61 victory over ETSU in the Southern Conference Championship Game. Furman earned an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament, where they were eliminated in the First Round by eventual runner-up Connecticut. Furman held opponents to 70.8 PPG in the 2025-26 season while outscoring teams by 5.5 PPG. The Paladins posted a 5.1 round margin and outshot opponents by just under five percent per game. Before accepting his role with Furman, Pierre spent seven seasons on coach Ritchie McKay’s staff at Liberty University. Pierre’s time with the Flames is where he first crossed paths with Getter. The Flames went 177-58 during the seven seasons Pierre was on the bench. They won six regular-season conference titles and four conference tournament championships. The Flames featured a defense that ranked in the top 31 nationally in scoring defense in each of Pierre's final five seasons. His final season, the 2024-25 campaign, saw the Flames possess the No. 11 defense in Division I. In 2019, Liberty defeated Mississippi State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Flames made three consecutive March Madness appearances to start Pierre’s tenure, and then followed that with an NIT berth