The Nebraska program has everything a kid wants, he said. The objective is to convince players that's the case, and Pierce was pretty good at it.
As the Huskers' chief off-campus recruiter from 1985 to 1992 (when there was such a thing), Pierce played a lead role in NU landing Neil Smith, Broderick Thomas, Reggie Cooper and Mickey Joseph, among other prominent names.
Pierce has a zillion recruiting stories, including ones that involved big names — as big as it gets — who got away or were turned away.
He took a break last week from his duties as a Husker fundraising officer to share a few memories:
