Nate Oats and Bruce Pearl have made Alabama and Auburn basketball perennial contenders in their tenures. Here's how they did it:

Auburn assistant coach Steven Pearl wasn’t afraid to give a hot take. He recognized that’s what was wanted on the radio show, so he delivered. Pearl was appearing on the Stingray Show on Tide 100.9 this week and shared this opinion: “I don’t think Alabama goes and hires Nate Oats if Bruce Pearl isn’t at Auburn,

Bruce Pearl has coached at a high level throughout his time as head coach of the Auburn Tigers men’s basketball team. His success is believed to have played a role in Alabama following a similar route with how they hired Nate Oats,