Antonio Pierce, currently serving as the head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League, has been happily married to Jocelyn Maldonado Pierce for the past 16 years.
The beautiful couple came across each other in August 2006 while attending the ESPN Fantasy Football Draft.
At the time, Antonio already had a big name as a player. He had a career-high record of 138 tackles, of which 109 were solo, an interception, and eight passes defended. His then-future wife was a model.
The two strangers instantly caught each other’s eyes and started seeing each other.
About six months later, in February 2007, the then-New York Giants linebacker proposed to Jocelyn with an engagement ring during their dinner at Brooklyn’s The River Café after their special helicopter ride in Manhattan.
A year later, Antonio and Jocelyn had a week-long destination wedding in a coral-and-peach-colored theme on May 24, 2008, at the private Hoku Lani estate in Maui among 60 attendees.
Pierce and his wife later expressed joy during a media interaction regarding their marriage event. Antonio Pierce had said,
Likewise, the then-new bride Jocelyn had stated,
Decades have passed since Antonio and his wife Jocely came together, but their love still feels the same. It became possible because they didn’t lose themselves for each other, per Jocelyn.
On January 11, 2017, Mrs. Pierce shared an Instagram post flaunting her relationship with her husband, captioning,
Well, the most interesting part is that Antonio Pierce and his wife are now the parents of seven children: Anthony, De’Andre, Ava, Jayla, Carmelo, Mary, and Antonio Pierce Jr.
Among the seven, Anthony played college football for Hawaii as a defensive back. Carmelo is also into sports and is associated with a club team named Arizona UH Elite, per Sports Passports.
Antonio Pierce’s Wife, Jocelyn, Made Media Headlines Four Months Back, Filing Bankruptcy
In early June 2024, Jocelyn Pierce, the wife of Raiders coach Antonio, filed for bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona to protect their marital assets.
Antonio had invested in a car dealership in the early 2010s, and the creditors sought to accumulate judgment from the couple. So, to prevent them from seizing the spouse’s property, Jocely took the legal step.
𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴: Raiders HC Antonio Pierce’s wife Jocelyn Pierce has filed for bankruptcy.
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) June 25, 2024
Antonio invested in car dealerships that defaulted on their loans, per the filings.
He was the guarantor of judgments which equals over $28M. Now the Lenders are seeking to satisfy… pic.twitter.com/gynGaC5QqV
The court document of Jocely’s bankruptcy file stated,
It further said,
The court granted Jocelyn an extension to provide additional paperwork until July 12. After that, no other update on the case has emerged yet, and neither have the couple Antonio and Jocelyn Pirce directly addressed the matter to the public.
In Case You Didn’t Know
- Antonio Pierce was born in Long Beach, California, on October 26, 1978. He is currently 45 years old.
- He began his career as a player for Washington Redskins and then played for New York Giants. Then, Antonia started as a head coach at Long Beach Poly High School in 2014.
- His wife, Jocelyn, was a Fox Sports and NFL reporter. She also acted in the 2012 movies Who Killed Soul Glow and the 2008 film Model Latina, per Essentially Sports.