Bruce Pearl, Auburn Men's Basketball Coach
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2019
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Episode 301
Bruce Pearl is the head men's basketball coach for the Auburn Tigers. His coaching career has spanned over 30 years and has included stops at Stanford, Iowa, Southern Indiana, Milwaukee, Tennessee and now Auburn.
In 1995, he was named Division II Coach of the Year at Southern Indiana and in 2006, during his time at Tennessee, was named Sporting News Coach of the Year.
In 2019, he led the Tigers to their first ever appearance at the NCAA Final Four before losing to eventual champion Virginia in the National Semi-Finals.
On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Coach Pearl about that Final Four appearance, why he was able to keep his poise and integrity after their difficult loss to Virginia, how his faith has evolved and transformed in his life over the past few years and why he's become more open about his relationship with God.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.5 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:19.9 | This episode of the Sports Spectrum podcast with Auburn men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl is brought to you by Compassion International. |
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| 1:28.9 | Today in the podcast, we welcome Bruce Pearl, Auburn men's basketball coach to the program. |
| 1:34.5 | And if you follow the Auburn Tigers basketball run this year, they made it all the way |
| 1:38.9 | to the final four. |
| 1:40.4 | Their first ever final four in 2019. |
| 1:44.0 | And their season ended on a sour note losing to Virginia in the Final Four. |
| 1:49.0 | Real tough loss. |
| 1:50.4 | That game, which Sports Spectrum and myself were at in Minneapolis, saw Tennessee with a lead late and then a foul called with under a second to go. |
| 1:59.8 | Virginia made the three free throws and ended up advancing and then won the national |
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