Bruce Pearl

NEW ORLEANS -- Long before he was known as the nation's premiere perimeter defender, well prior to him being regarded as one of the elite point guards in the country, Aaron Craft had another claim to fame. He was the kid who got Bruce Pearl fired.  

Bruce Pearl said he probably wouldn't have painted his chest orange on behalf of any other coach but former Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt. Phillip Fulmer said he never hesitated to ask Summitt to deliver motivational speeches to ...  

KNOXVILLE — Ohio University junior guard D.J. Cooper issued a statement on Thursday that cleared former Tennessee men’s basketball Coach Bruce Pearl of any potential tampering violations. “No schools have directly contacted me or my family ...  

Bruce Pearl depicted a chance meeting with former Illinois men's basketball assistant and University of Illinois-Chicago coach Jimmy Collins Friday in New Orleans as "two old coaches who had a run-in 23 years ago getting some closure." Pearl and ...  

Berniece McGary is still teaching. I hope Bruce Pearl is paying attention - he might just learn a thing or two. McGary was the grandmother of former Illini basketball star Deon Thomas. And Pearl? Let's just say he's the most reviled opposing coach in...  

After all, the former Volunteers men’s coach had done it before. In 2007, Pearl dominated national TV highlights when he joined shirtless students who painted their chests bold, Volunteers orange to spell “GO VOLS!” at a Tennessee women’s game.  

You're Tyler Summitt.'" Tyler recalled. "I said, 'Yes sir.' He goes, 'Tell your mom I'm thinking about her.'" Bruce Pearl, a former men's basketball coach at Tennessee who developed a deep friendship with Summitt, becamse booster and recruiter for her program.  

But, there was hope! Bruce Pearl has put UT basketball on the map like never before. Year after year the Vols mazed their way through the NCAA tournament. In a flash of both an eye and barbeque–gone. I understand that Holly Warlick has been Summitt’s ...  

He began his coaching career in 1995 as an assistant for two years under Bruce Pearl at Southern Indianathen took an assistant position under Gary Garner at Southeast Missouri State from 1997-2003. Davis was exposed to basketball at a very young ...  

It has to be willing to sell itself and its virtues like no one as over there since Bruce Pearl was willing to be more than just a basketball coach. He was willing to be an evanglist for the cause, and that's what it is going to take for UWM to ...  

No way. All in all, Tennessee has come out ahead on the transfer exchange. Prince, Smith, Andre Patterson and Josh Bone contributed to Bruce Pearl's success. Martin's first team MVP, Jeronne Maymon, began his career at Marquette. "There were ...  

In the same memo, which the News Sentinel obtained through a open records request, Jennings was quoted as questioning the competence of Desiree Reed-Francois as an administrator for men's basketball when coach Bruce Pearl was fired for his ...  

label. Jerry Sandusky's original conduct was worse than Joe Paterno's knowledge of that conduct which was worse than Jim Tressel which was worse than Bruce Pearl which was worse than ... what? "I think the Paterno thing and Tressel had a ...  

Jimmy Collins said he received an apology from Bruce Pearl in New Orleans on Friday dating back to when Pearl accused Collins in the late 1980s of offering money to a high school basketball recruit while Collins was an Illinois assistant.  

The 2009 U.S. men’s squad coached by then-University of Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl won the gold medal. Greenberg has coached at Virginia Tech for nine seasons. He previously coached at Long Beach State and South Florida.