During the 1988–89 basketball season, Pearl, then an assistant coach at Iowa, was at the center of a recruiting scandal involving Illinois. Both Illinois and Iowa were recruiting Deon Thomas, a …

Apr 4, 2019 · After spending four seasons as an assistant at Stanford, Pearl joined Tom Davis’ first staff at Iowa in 1986. In his first two seasons on the job, Davis led the Hawkeyes to back …

Mar 15, 2023 · Former Iowa assistant coach Bruce Pearl has won a lot and had a three-year exile from coaching. Here he is 31 years after leaving Iowa, facing the Hawkeyes as Auburn head …

Auburn Head Coach Bruce Pearl is in his 11th season on The Plains. One of the most prominent men’s basketball coaches in the country, he currently ranks No. 12 among active NCAA …

Apr 3, 2012 · It's been 23 years since it all happened, but it seems like yesterday. It was 1989 and Pearl, then an assistant coach at Iowa, accused the University of Illinois of trying to lure …

Feb 26, 2024 · He had been in a bush league for nine coaching years, his purgatory for being in the middle of an Iowa-Illinois recruiting war that didn’t end well. He had turned in the Illini for …

Mar 14, 2023 · AUBURN — When Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl is prepping his players for the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Iowa, he'll spend a lot of time keying on …

Johni Broome scored the game-winning bucket on a tip-in with 1.2 seconds left, and No. 4 Auburn defeated No. 5 Iowa State 83-81. Here's everything Bruce Pearl had to say about another top-5...

Mar 15, 2023 · BIRMINGHAM, Al — Auburn head men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl was an assistant coach at Iowa from 1986-92 under Tom Davis. Ahead of Thursday’s NCAA …

He is currently the head coach for the Auburn Tigers men's basketball program. He has been a coach for basketball teams at various places throughout his career. He was embroiled in a …