Auburn men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl is retiring and will be replaced by his son, Steven, for the coming season, according to multiple reports .

Pearl, 65, coached the Tigers for 11 seasons and made two Final Four appearances. The 2024-25 team lost in the national semifinals to Florida and the 2018-19 squad lost to Virginia.

Pearl went 244-123 at Auburn and 706-268 overall across four stops as a head coach, including six seasons at Tennessee.

Steven Pearl played for his father with the Volunteers and joined the Auburn staff as an off-court assistant in 2014. He was named a full-time assistant in 2017 and was promoted to associate head coach in 2023. At 38 years old, Pearl will be the youngest head coach in the SEC.

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