Bruce Pearl served as head coach of the men’s basketball program at Southern Indiana from 1992-2001 and developed the Eagles into one of the top basketball programs in the country. Considered one of the finest coaches in GLVC history, Pearl guided his teams to four GLVC Championships and to the NCAA Division II Tournament in each of his nine seasons at the institution. He posted a 231-46 (.834) overall record while at USI and a 146-28 (.839) record in league play. Pearl became the fastest coach in NCAA history to reach 200 career wins, accomplishing the feat in 240 games. The Eagles reached the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Final six times, advanced to the NCAA Division II championship game in 1994 and won the school’s first national championship in 1995. He was twice named GLVC Coach of the Year (1993, 1994),  earned National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division II Coach of the Year honors in 1995 and was named the NABC Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year in 2000. Pearl, since leaving USI, has gone on to have tremendous success at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and currently at the University of Tennessee. While at Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Pearl led the Panthers to a pair of NCAA Tournament runs and a trip to the Sweet 16. In two seasons with Tennessee, his teams have made back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament, including a run to the Sweet 16 in 2006-07. Pearl has accumulated a career record of 363-103 in 15 seasons as a head coach