Don Pierce  (2008)

Crossett High School, Jessieville High School, Track Official and Administrator
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• Graduated from Crossett High School in 1979 and won the Meet of Champs in the pole vault.
• Pierce has been the leader in starting and continuing Indoor Track & Field for Arkansas high school competition including a state championship that has grown to a very large event involving many athletes. The indoor track program got started in the early 1990’s and Pierce has continued to be the Meet Director in charge of the program ever since.
• State Meet Referee for AAA, host and track administrator.
• Has served as the president of the Arkansas Track Coaches Association.
• Serving as the head track & field coach at Jessieville for a number of years, Pierce coached his teams to numerous conference championships and two state championships.
• Now serving as president of the Arkansas Track and Field Hall of Fame.