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The ESPN expert, Michael Wilbon, seemed to be satisfied with Bruce Pearl’s decision to resign as a male basketball coach of Auburn Tigers on Monday.
Wilbon said in “forgive the interruption” called Pearl a “divisive person” and hoped that there would be “pressure” to expel him from the program. Meanwhile, Pearl was one of the most successful male basketball coaches in the University, which led the team to its two appearances in Final Four.
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The Wilbon team coach Michael Wilbon during the presentations of the alignment before the NBA All Star-Celebrity game in Wintrust Arena on February 14, 2020. (Quinn Harris/USA Today Sports)
“It had become a divisive person, it seems intentionally. And I hope there is pressure to get it,” said Wilbon.
Pearl, 65, will become an ambassador to the program and said he will not end up running for the United States Senate despite the rumors that he would be a potential candidate to replace Senator Tommy Tuberville in Alabama while running for state governor.
“Many of you know that I thought and prayed for perhaps run for the United States Senate, perhaps to be the next great senator of Alabama state. That would have required to leave Auburn,” he said in a video.
The chief coach of the Auburn Tigers, Bruce Pearl, during the second half in the southern regional final of the NCAA 2025 tournament against the Spartans of the Michigan state in State Arena Arena on March 30, 2025. (Images Dale Zanine/Imagn)
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Pearl has been more frank about his political inclinations in recent years. As one of the few Jewish coaches in the basketball of the NCAA, it became a firm defender of Israel in its response to the terrorist attacks of October 7 of Hamas.
He has been a defender of how President Donald Trump has also managed conflicts in the Middle East.
Pearl was also used to be the president of the United States Israel Education Association.
Chief coach Bruce Pearl of the Auburn Tigers reacts during the second half against the Kentucky Wildcats at Auburn Arena on January 22, 2022 in Auburn, Alabama. (Todd Kirkland/Getty Images)
He had 246-125 as chief coach of the Tigers.
