Bruce Pearl

Bruce Pearl is the former head men’s basketball coach at Auburn University and a senior advisor to America First Works, which supports the Protect College Sports Act. He retired with two Final Four appearances and was named the 2025 AP National Coach of the Year.

U.S. Capitol dome with American flag

August 25, 2026

BRUCE PEARL: Conservatives are attacking the very college sports bill that protects women

Retired Auburn coach says critics wrongly claim the Protect College Sports Act guts Title IX, warning that inaction threatens women's and Olympic sports programs.

Bruce Pearl/Mahmoud Abbas

March 11, 2026

BRUCE PEARL: When a team keeps losing, you make changes — look beyond the Palestinian Authority for peace

Bruce Pearl contends lasting peace requires confronting Palestinian Authority corruption and systemic antisemitism, while empowering accountable local leadership.