Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl has been reportedly/allegedly mulling a run for Alabama’s soon-to-be-vacant Senate seat, but is leaning against it, according to a report this week from the Jewish Insider. Pearl, 65, said as recently as a week ago that running for the Senate is something he has “considered,” which tracks with the political passion he has long expressed publicly.
Pearl’s aspirations are of particular note given news earlier this year that former Auburn football coach and current Alabama senator Tommy Tuberville will run as a candidate for the state’s governor and will not pursue a second term in the Senate.
According to the report from the Jewish Insider, Pearl spent the summer meeting with campaign operatives and Republicans weighing a run at the senate seat and has given himself until the end of the month to make a final decision. Last week when asked about it, Pearl played coy about the opportunity with reporters but did not dispute the rumors of his interest.
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“I have not answered the question because I’ve never announced I was running for senate, have I?” Pearl said at the Mike Slive Foundation’s Blue Shoe Ball, via AL.com. “So, how do you answer the question whether you are or whether you aren’t because I never said I was.”
He later added: “It’s something I thought a great deal about, but obviously I’m here today and I’m in practice and I’ve got practice…
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