Longtime Auburn men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl announced that he is retiring, and will move into an ambassador’s role in the athletic department as special assistant to the athletics director. The school announced Monday that Pearl’s son Steven Pearl, who was serving as the Tigers’ associate head coach, signed a five-year contract as the program’s new head coach. Pearl previously served as the head coach at Milwaukee for four seasons, and Tennessee for six seasons. He retires with a 477-224 Division I record (.680) as an NCAA head coach. He was a three-time Horizon League Coach of the Year at Milwaukee and was named SEC Coach of the Year four times, twice each at Tennessee and Auburn.