Bruce Pearl Fired as Tennessee Basketball Coach

According to multiple reports Bruce Pearl has been fired as Tennessee Head Basketball Coach.  The story was broke by WNML and later confirmed by Gary Parrish and Jeff Goodman.

According to Goodman, Pearl “received compensation as a part of the buyout agreement.” How could a coach with no contract receive a buyout, you ask? One popular theory, which surfaced on VolQuest.com, purported that Pearl would receive $2 million in exchange for accepting the NCAA’s charges against him.