The impact of Auburn basketball head coach Bruce Pearl’s retirement was felt by the Auburn community and the entire SEC on Monday.

Pearl announced his retirement after spending 11 years as the Tigers’ head coach and will he move into an ambassador role within the athletic department along with being a special assistant to the athletic director.

Steven Pearl , Bruce Pearl’s son and associate head coach since 2023, was officially announced as Auburn’s next head coach shortly after Bruce Pearl’s retirement was made official.

Among the many people who had positive things to say about Pearl in response to his retirement was SEC commissioner Greg Sankey. He became the conference’s commissioner in 2015, just one year into Pearl’s Auburn tenure.

“Bruce Pearl has played an important role in

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