Alan Piercy is a Columbia, South Carolina native who has made his home in Raleigh, North Carolina since 2010. In the midst of a thirty year career in the insurance industry, he is a side-hustling writer and historian, lover of travel, and books, and dogs, and Gamecock sports.

He is the author of Gamecock Odyssey: South Carolina Sports in the Independent Era (1971-1991), due for publication by USC Press in November, 2023, and writes frequently about the history of Gamecock athletics on his Substack newsletter, South by Southeast.

Yellow Dog Journal is a collection of writings covering a wide array of topics.

Contact Alan at calan.piercy@gmail.com