Steven Pearl said he waited his entire life for this moment of becoming the head coach of Auburn’s men’s basketball team, calling it his dream job in Wednesday morning’s press conference .

However, the news of his father Bruce Pearl’s retirement was not finalized until a day before it was actually announced.

“Bruce Pearl and I have been having hypothetical conversations for a couple of years now and just when he would specifically hang it up, we weren’t sure when that was going to be,” Steven Pearl said Wednesday morning. “It didn’t become a reality until Sunday because that’s when John Cohen pulled me aside and offered the job.”

Former Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl, and his wife Brandy watch new Auburn head coach Steven Pearl address the media at his introductory press conference on

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