Bruce Pearl

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Auburn coach Bruce Pearl yells at an official during the first half of the team's NCAA college basketball game against Missouri at the Southeastern Conference tournament Wednesday, March 8, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

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Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl instructs a player to call a timeout against Missouri, Saturday, March 4, 2017, during an NCAA college basketball game in Auburn, Ala. (Julie Bennett/AL.com via AP)

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Auburn coach Bruce Pearl reacts to a call during the first half of the team's NCAA college basketball game against Florida, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in Auburn, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

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Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl reacts to a South Carolina basket during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)

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Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl claps during an NCAA college basketball game against Alabama on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, in Auburn, Ala. (Albert Cesare /The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

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Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl directs his team during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Kentucky, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017, in Lexington, Ky. (AP Photo/James Crisp)

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Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl argues a call in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Vanderbilt, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

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Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl yells to his players in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Vanderbilt Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

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Auburn football coach Gus Malzahn, left, greets Bruce Pearl, who was named men's basketball coach at Auburn on Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in Auburn, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

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Auburn's new men's basketball coach, Bruce Pearl, speaks Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in Auburn, Ala. Auburn hired Pearl to revive a struggling basketball program that hasn't been to the NCAA tournament in more than a decade. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

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Auburn's new men's basketball coach, Bruce Pearl, speaks Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in Auburn, Ala. Auburn announced the hiring on Tuesday of the charismatic coach, who remains under a show-cause penalty from the NCAA into August. Pearl had plenty of success on the court, taking Tennessee to the NCAA tournament in each of his six seasons before getting fired in March 2011 in the wake of an NCAA investigation. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)