Jerry Peirson, who serves as Ball State's director of athletics development and executive director of the school's Cardinal Varsity Club, has been selected for induction into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.
Peirson is part of the 2010 Induction Class, which includes 14 other individuals and the 1970 East Chicago Roosevelt team.
A 1962 graduate of Royerton High School, Peirson earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He lettered in basketball for Miami from 1964-66, and was inducted into that school's Hall of Fame in 1984. As a senior, Peirson averaged 12.8 points and 7.0 rebounds a game and helped the RedHawks to a second straight Mid-American Conference Championship and a 1966 NCAA Tournament appearance.
He began a basketball coaching career at Cowan High School, where he was a teacher and coach from 1967-69. Peirson then moved on to his alma mater and was a member of the men's basketball coaching staff from 1969-90, including serving as the RedHawks head coach from 1984-90.
As an assistant coach, Peirson was a part of a staff that tallied six MAC titles and made six NCAA apperances. As the head coach, he led the team to the NCAA Tournament in 1985 and 1986.
After completing his coaching career, Peirson worked as a sales representative at Jostens from 1990-2001 before being named to the Ball State staff in 2001.
The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Induction Banquet will be Wednesday, March 24, at Primo Banquet Hall in Indianapolis. Tickets will be available after the first of the year, and for further information call the Hall of Fame at 765.529.1891.
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