Bruce Pearl isn’t leaving Auburn anytime soon.
Auburn athletic director Allen Greene announced on Twitter on Friday night that the Tigers had reached an agreement on a contract extension with Pearl to keep him there “for life.”
“Tonight’s a great night,” Greene said. “I got a great surprise for you. We locked him up.”
Greene didn’t announce terms of the new contract, though Stadium’s Jeff Goodman reported Pearl agreed to a new eight-year deal. Pearl was previously on a five-year deal that ran through the 2023-24 season and paid him an average of just more than $4 million per season.