Bruce Pearl receives Auburn’s Jack Meagher Award

October 01, 2026 by Jeff Shearer Bruce Pearl with the Meagher family AUBURN, Ala. – When Jack Meagher became Auburn’s football coach in 1934, one of his players was Joel Eaves, a three-year letterman. The same Joel Eaves that Bruce Pearl would surpass nearly a century later to become Auburn’s all-time winningest basketball coach. “An extraordinary connection across Auburn generations,” said Tom Meagher, Jack Meagher’s grandson, Saturday at Neville Arena. During Auburn’s Homecoming weekend, the Meagher family honored Pearl with the 2026 Jack Meagher Award, sponsored by the Auburn Football Lettermen Club and presented since 2004 to a person with…