Topic: Bruce Pearl
Quotes
I truly love my job and I want it to be clear that I'm not interested in any other job
Tennessee gives men's hoops coach new deal Apr 03, 2009
I am disappointed that Duke and Ramar did not meet the mark and did not succeed to the level of our expectations
Tennessee coach dismisses two players May 02, 2008
I've made some serious mistakes and for that I'm truly sorry
Tennessee reduces basketball coach's pay Sep 10, 2010
We felt we had enough information at this time to dismiss Smith
Volunteers dismiss swingman Tyler Smith Jan 08, 2010
Bruce Dean-Fredrick Pearl (born March 18, 1960) is an American college basketball coach who most recently served as head coach of the University of Tennessee Volunteers men's team. He is a graduate of Boston College, where he obtained his first position as an assistant basketball coach. He was the first coach to lead the Volunteers to a national #1 ranking. Pearl also served as the head coach for the Maccabi USA basketball team in the 2009 World Maccabiah Games.
A native of Boston, Pearl attended Sharon High School in Sharon, Massachusetts and is a 1982 graduate of Boston College, where he served as the manager of the men's basketball team. He and his ex-wife, Kimberly, have two daughters, Jacqui and Leah, and two sons, Steven, who is on the Tennessee basketball team, who played four years, and Michael.
Before coming to Tennessee, Pearl was the head coach at Milwaukee and, prior to that, at Southern Indiana, where he won a Division II national championship. He also served as an assistant coach at the University of Iowa under then-head coach Tom Davis.
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