# Ira Pierce

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American football coach (1874–1906)

Ira Pierce Biographical details Born September 1874 Delaware, U.S. Died July 16, 1906(1906-07-16) (aged 31) Barksdale, Wisconsin, U.S. Alma mater University of Delaware Coaching career (HC unless noted) Baseball 1895 Delaware Football 1896 Delaware Head coaching record Overall 0–6 (football)

**Ira Liston Pierce** (September 1874 – July 16, 1906) was an American chemist and college sports coach. He served as the head baseball coach of the [University of Delaware](/source/University_of_Delaware) in 1895 and as football coach in 1896.

Pierce was born in September 1874 and grew up in [Wilmington, Delaware](/source/Wilmington%2C_Delaware).[1] He attended [Wilmington High School](/source/Wilmington_High_School_(Delaware)), and after graduating from there, attended the [University of Delaware](/source/University_of_Delaware).[2] He graduated from the University of Delaware with a master's degree in science, and later served as a chemistry instructor at the school.[3][2] After retiring from there, he became a chemist in [Gibbstown, New Jersey](/source/Gibbstown%2C_New_Jersey).[2]

While at the University of Delaware, he also coached their [baseball team](/source/Delaware_Fightin'_Blue_Hens_baseball) in 1895,[4] and their [football team](/source/Delaware_Fightin'_Blue_Hens_football) in 1896, going winless in six games in football.[5]

Pierce was killed in an explosion at the Atlantic Dynamite Company, where he worked as a superintendent, on July 16, 1906.[6] His funeral was held on July 20.[7]

## Head coaching record

### Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Delaware (Independent) (1896) 1896 Delaware 0–6 Delaware: 0–6 Total: 0–6

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Ancestry.com. *1900 United States Federal Census* [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-auto_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-auto_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-auto_2-2) ["Wilmington Man Killed"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94209248/the-morning-news/). *[The Morning News](/source/The_News_Journal)*. July 17, 1906 – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Delaware College"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94209932/the-news-journal/). *[Every Evening](/source/The_News_Journal)*. June 21, 1899 – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Newark"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94213593/delaware-gazette-and-state-journal/). *[Delaware Gazette and State Journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Delaware_Gazette_and_State_Journal&action=edit&redlink=1)*. January 24, 1895 – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Ira L. Pierce Records by Year"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150516135216/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=1868). *[College Football Data Warehouse](/source/College_Football_Data_Warehouse)*. Archived from [the original](http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=1868) on May 16, 2015 – via [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Ira Pierce, Delawarean Killed By Dynamite"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94209440/the-evening-journal/). *[The Evening Journal](/source/The_News_Journal)*. July 16, 1906 – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["'Twas Too Hot For Operator"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94209849/the-evening-journal/). *[The Evening Journal](/source/The_News_Journal)*. July 21, 1906 – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com).

## External links

- [Ira Pierce](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171354348) at [Find a Grave](/source/Find_a_Grave)

v t e Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens head baseball coaches Student coaches (1882–1901) Ira Pierce (1895) Rowan (1902–1903) L. O. Willis (1904) Unknown (1905) George E. Lovett (1906) Vic Willis (1907) Lt. Stayer (1908) William McAvoy (1909–1914) Unknown (1915–1917) Stan Baumgartner (1918) Burton Shipley (1919–1922) William McAvoy (1923–1925) Frank M. Forstburg (1926) Unknown (1927) Joseph J. Rothrock (1928–1930) Gerald P. Doherty (1931–1941) Shack Martin (1942–1943) Unknown (1944) No team (1945) Shack Martin (1946–1952) Bob Siemen (1953–1955) Tubby Raymond (1956–1964) Bob Hannah (1965–2000) Jim Sherman (2001–2022) Greg Mamula (2023– )

v t e Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens head football coaches No coach (1889–1895) Ira Pierce (1896) Herbert Rice (1897–1901) Clarence A. Short (1902) Nathan Mannakee (1903–1905) Clarence A. Short (1906) E. Pratt King (1907) William McAvoy (1908–1916) Stan Baumgartner (1917) Milton Aronowitz (1918) Burton Shipley (1919–1920) Sylvester Derby (1921) William McAvoy (1922–1924) Frank M. Forstburg (1925–1926) Joseph J. Rothrock (1927–1928) Gus Ziegler (1929–1930) Charles Rogers (1931–1933) Skip Stahley (1934) Lyal Clark (1935–1937) Stephen Grenda (1938–1939) William D. Murray (1940–1942) No team (1943–1945) William D. Murray (1946–1950) David M. Nelson (1951–1965) Tubby Raymond (1966–2001) K. C. Keeler (2002–2012) Dave Brock (2013–2016) Dennis Dottin-Carter # (2016) Danny Rocco (2017–2021) Ryan Carty (2022– ) # denotes interim head coach

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