Auburn Tigers men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl pushed back on the attacks his program has received as he's expressed his views on social media.
Auburn Tigers men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl is the last person to shy away from standing up for what he believes in on or off the court. Because of that, he’s received criticism from USA Today columnist Dan Wolken and former CNN contributor Roland Martin – among others – about his beliefs and how it could affect his recruiting classes.
Pearl on Thursday appeared on OutKick’s 'Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich' and explained why anyone should consider Auburn University as their school to get a higher education. 'They should come to Auburn because it’s an amazing school,' Peal said. 'It lives by the Auburn creed. We can have these discussions on our campus. If you want to pray before your meal, you’re gonna be comfortable to pray before your meal at Auburn. It is safe.
You know, I was looking at it the other day,' he said. 'They were talking about why would somebody come play for us, particularly an African American family, I’m like, you know what, we got six guys from Atlanta in the NBA. Nobody in the last five or six years has gotten more men… I’m proud of that and those guys are unbelievable kids, and they’re doing really, really well.
Probably my university president and my athletic director probably, you know, they’re taking some heat because I expressed some opinions as it relates to specifically Israel and you know what, it’s a great country so we can have this discussion, we can have this dialogue.' Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
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