Pearson was born in Montgomery, Alabama[1] and attended high school at Jeff Davis High School, where he lettered in basketball and baseball, and was also named an all-city basketball player.[2]
He attended the University of Alabama between 1989 and 1994 where he played varsity basketball for five seasons, before graduating in December 1993 with a Bachelor of Science degree.[1] While playing basketball, he was named as the Paul Bryant Student-Athlete of the Year and President's list academic honor roll.[2]
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During the 1994–95 men's college basketball season, Pearson worked an assistant under Wimp Sanderson for the Arkansas–Little Rock Trojans men's basketball team, in which time the Trojans went 17–12.[2] In the next season, he moved to Murray State University under head coach Mark Gottfried where he worked as an administrative assistant, before being promoted to director of basketball operations in the following season.[2] In 1997, while working for the athletics department, he graduated from Murray State with a Master of Arts in Health, Physical Education & Recreation.[1] The next season, he was promoted to assistant coach. During his three seasons with the Racers, the basketball team won three OVC championships and advanced to two NCAA tournament appearances.[2]
Pearson lost his first game in charge of the Tide, an 89–80 decision in favor of Arkansas on January 29,[4] before earning his first victory in a 75–70 win over Georgia two days later.[5] Alabama's NCAA tournament hopes fell short when the team was eliminated by Tennessee 70–67 in the second round of the SEC tournament.[6]
Alabama finished the season with an 18–14 record, with a 6–7 record under Pearson.[7] He continued to lead Alabama as acting interim head coach until March 27,[8] when it was announced that the school had hired Anthony Grant.[9]
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For other people named Philip Pearson see Philip Pearson disambiguation Philip James Pearson born February 16 1971 is an American basketball assistant coach for the UAB Blazers men s basketball Team During part of the 2008 09 college basketball season he was the interim head coach for the University of Alabama Crimson Tide men s basketball team Philip PearsonPearson in 2012Current positionTitleAssistant CoachTeamUABConferenceAmericanBiographical detailsBorn 1971 02 16 February 16 1971 age 52 Montgomery Alabama U S Playing career1989 1994AlabamaCoaching career HC unless noted 1994 1995Arkansas Little Rock asst 1995 1998Murray State Asst 1998 2009Alabama asst 2009Alabama interim HC 2009 2018Georgia asst 2020 presentUAB asst Administrative career AD unless noted 2019 2020Clemson Director of Recruiting Head coaching recordOverall6 7 Contents 1 Early life 2 Coaching career 2 1 Assistant coach 2 2 Alabama 2 3 Georgia 3 Head coaching record 4 Personal life 5 References 6 External linksEarly life editPearson was born in Montgomery Alabama 1 and attended high school at Jeff Davis High School where he lettered in basketball and baseball and was also named an all city basketball player 2 He attended the University of Alabama between 1989 and 1994 where he played varsity basketball for five seasons before graduating in December 1993 with a Bachelor of Science degree 1 While playing basketball he was named as the Paul Bryant Student Athlete of the Year and President s list academic honor roll 2 Coaching career editAssistant coach edit During the 1994 95 men s college basketball season Pearson worked an assistant under Wimp Sanderson for the Arkansas Little Rock Trojans men s basketball team in which time the Trojans went 17 12 2 In the next season he moved to Murray State University under head coach Mark Gottfried where he worked as an administrative assistant before being promoted to director of basketball operations in the following season 2 In 1997 while working for the athletics department he graduated from Murray State with a Master of Arts in Health Physical Education amp Recreation 1 The next season he was promoted to assistant coach During his three seasons with the Racers the basketball team won three OVC championships and advanced to two NCAA tournament appearances 2 Alabama edit On January 27 2009 Pearson earned his first head coaching position when he was named interim head coach for the University of Alabama men s basketball program following the resignation of Mark Gottfried 3 Pearson lost his first game in charge of the Tide an 89 80 decision in favor of Arkansas on January 29 4 before earning his first victory in a 75 70 win over Georgia two days later 5 Alabama s NCAA tournament hopes fell short when the team was eliminated by Tennessee 70 67 in the second round of the SEC tournament 6 Alabama finished the season with an 18 14 record with a 6 7 record under Pearson 7 He continued to lead Alabama as acting interim head coach until March 27 8 when it was announced that the school had hired Anthony Grant 9 Georgia edit On April 8 2009 Pearson was named as an assistant coach at the University of Georgia under new Bulldogs coach Mark Fox 10 Head coaching record editStatistics overview Season Team Overall Conference Standing PostseasonAlabama Crimson Tide Southeastern Conference 2009 2008 09 Alabama 6 7 5 6 4th West Alabama 6 7 462 5 6 455 Total 6 7 462 National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament championPersonal life editPearson has two daughters and one son 1 References edit a b c d Philip Pearson TideSports com December 27 2005 Archived from the original on July 23 2008 Retrieved March 27 2009 a b c d e Player Bio Philip Pearson University of Alabama Athletics Retrieved March 27 2009 Embattled coach Gottfried resigns ESPN January 27 2009 Retrieved March 27 2009 Arkansas 89 Alabama 80 Associated Press ESPN January 29 2009 Retrieved March 27 2009 Alabama 75 Georgia 70 Associated Press ESPN January 31 2009 Retrieved April 8 2009 Alabama 70 Tennessee 67 Associated Press ESPN March 8 2009 Retrieved April 8 2009 Alabama Crimson Tide Schedule 2008 09 ESPN Retrieved March 27 2009 Focused Pearson continues to guide Tide Montgomery Advertiser March 27 2009 Retrieved March 27 2009 dead link Zenor John March 27 2009 Alabama hires VCU coach Anthony Grant Associated Press Retrieved March 27 2009 Estes Gentry April 8 2009 UGA hires Philip Pearson to new coaching staff Mobile Press Register al com Retrieved April 8 2009 External links editPhilip Pearson at UABSports com Philip Pearson at Rivals com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Philip Pearson amp oldid 1188487189, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
