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Auburn Tigers’ male basketball coach Bruce Pearl should retire before the 2025-26 season, according to several reports on Monday.
Steven Pearl, Bruce’s son, would be ready to take over the program. He was listed as a associated head coach.
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Auburn Tigers’ head coach Bruce Pearl reacts after a game against Florida Gators during the second half in the semi-finals of the Male Final Final of the 2025 NCAA 2025 tournament on Alamodome on April 5, 2025. (Bob Donnan / Imagn images)
Bruce Pearl’s reported retirement comes as rumors swirl to find out if he would be a candidate to replace Tommy Tuberville in the American Senate. Tuberville arises for the governor of Alabama.
In July, Pearl approached the possibility on the “Scott Jennings Show”, wondering if he could have such an important impact on the world as the head coach of Auburn.
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Head coach Bruce Pearl of Auburn Tigers reacts during the second half against the Kentucky Wildcats in Auburn Arena on January 22, 2022 in Auburn, in Alabama. (Todd Kirkland / Getty images)
“Can I also have an impact as a basketball coach?” Said Pearl. “I graduated from children. I teach children. … I don’t know I have to be a senator to (have an impact), there is so much about Washington who are so dysfunctional that I don’t even know that I could make a difference there.”
Pearl, who is Jewish, expressed his fervent support for Israel in the face of the rise in anti-Semitism in the United States since the terrorist attacks on October 7 in Israel. He was a supporter of how President Donald Trump also managed conflicts in the Middle East.
Pearl was also used to be the president of the US Israel Education Association.
Auburn Tigers Bruce Pearl coach at a press conference at Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena on March 21, 2024. (Kirby Lee / USA TODAY SPORTS)
He had 246-125 as a head coach of the Tigers and led the team with two appearances of the Final Four.
