As Auburn men’s basketball prepares for its Final Four game against Florida on Saturday, head coach Bruce Pearl picked up another individual award. He was named NABC Division I Coach of the Year Tuesday morning, an award voted on by the members of the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Pearl is the first Auburn head coach to win the award.

Pearl wins the NABC Coach of the Year award for the second time in his career, and is the first SEC coach to win since 2015.

Norfolk State finished the regular season ranked No. 4. in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 poll. The highest-ever ranking for an HBCU program, men or women.