Pearl wins the NABC Coach of the Year award for the second time in his career, and is the first SEC coach to win since 2015.

The successes this season by Bruce Pearl at Auburn and Rick Pitino at St. John's led to the first tie in the 58-year history ...

Pearl shared the award with Rick Pitino. It was the first time in AP history two coaches received the same amount of votes (20) for the honor.

Of the ballots cast by the national media panel that ranks the AP Top 25 throughout the season, Pearl and Pitino each ...

Auburn's Bruce Pearl and St. John's coach Rick Pitino are two of the most recognizable faces of college basketball. The pair made hoops history on Friday, becoming the first two coaches to split the ...

Auburn's basketball coach Bruce Pearl was named AP Coach of the Year on Friday, though he'll share it with another coaching icon after the award's first tie ...

Bruce Pearl earned arguably the most prestigious of a long list of personal accolades Friday, being named AP National Coach of the Year. He won the award alongside St. John’s head coach Rick Pitino, ...

Auburn Tigers head coach Bruce Pearl won the first of what could be several coach of the year awards, and Johni Broome wins big man, but not player of the year from NABC. SAN ANTONIO, Texas ...

For the first time in AP Coach of the Year history, there is a tie for first place. The Associated Press men’s college basketball coach of the year has been around for 58 years, and due to the Auburn ...

Both Auburn's Bruce Pearl and St John's Rick Pitino won the co-Coach of the Year award, which was the first-ever tie.

Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl took Auburn to new heights during the 2024-25 season and has been rewarded with a national award. The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced Tuesday ...

Coach Pitino has been named the 2025 AP National Coach of the Year! 👏👏 He becomes the first coach in St. John's history to earn the honor and the sixth coach in the history of the @BIGEAST! 🗞️: ...