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USA Today
01-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Auburn's Bruce Pearl wins NABC Coach of the Year award
Auburn's Bruce Pearl wins NABC Coach of the Year award Pearl becomes the first SEC head coach to win the award since 2015. 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 that Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl has been awarded Coach of the Year honors. It is the second time that Pearl has been awarded Coach of the Year by the NABC, winning his first in 1995 with Division 2 Southern Indiana. He is also the first coach from the SEC to win the award since John Calipari took home the crown in 2015 as the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats, and is the seventh SEC coach to win the award, joining the likes of Tubby Smith, Nolan Richardson, and Adolph Rupp. Auburn won the SEC regular season championship under Pearl's watch with a 32-5 regular season record and has won 19 games against quad-1 competition. Pearl also led the Tigers to the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history, and their second-ever No. 1 seed. Earlier this season, Pearl passed Joel Eaves as Auburn's all-time winningest head coach by claiming his 214th victory since taking over ahead of the 2014-15 season. This week, Pearl is preparing his team to compete in the second Final Four in program history, and hopes to leave San Antonio with the program's first-ever national championship. Pearl won the NABC Coach of the Year over several prominent names including Rick Pitino of St. John's, Houston's Kelvin Sampson, Michigan State's Tom Izzo, and Dennis Gates of Missouri. Each of the aforementioned coaches, including Pearl, won Coach of the Year for their respective regions.
USA Today
18-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Tom Izzo wins regional NABC Coach of the Year award
Tom Izzo wins regional NABC Coach of the Year award Tom Izzo continues to add to his impressive career accolades with another award on Tuesday Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo received some recognition for his Spartans' strong season on Tuesday afternoon. Izzo was named the Coach of the Year in the Great Lakes District by the National Association of Basketball Coaches on Tuesday. This is the second coach the year award for Izzo in the last few weeks, as he also won Big Ten Coach of the Year last week. Izzo led Michigan State to the Big Ten Championship this year, with the Spartans running away with the league title. The Spartans finished the regular season with a 26-5 overall record and 17-3 mark in Big Ten play to win the league by three games. Michigan State was selected to the NCAA Tournament for a 27th consecutive tournament, which is the longest active streak in all of college basketball. Michigan State is a No. 2 seed in the tournament and will face No. 15 seed Bryant in the first round on Friday night. Contact/Follow us @The SpartansWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Michigan State news, notes and opinion. You can also follow Robert Bondy on X @RobertBondy5.
