Full Name: Philip James Pearson

Date Hired: March 25, 1998

Duties: Recruiting; on the floor coaching; opponent scouting

Hometown: Montgomery, AL

Birthdate & City: February 16, 1971 in Montgomery, AL

Family: Married to the former Ashley Trawick, a Bay Minette native, on August 9, 1997; Ashley graduated from Alabama in 1994 with a BS in Early Childhood and Elementary Education and has a Masters degree in Elementary Education from Murray State in 1998; has two daughters, Mary Collins, born 7-12-00 and Catherine, born 10-13-04, and a son, William Philip, born 4-5-02.

College:

University of Alabama, Bachelor of Science (Human Performance) in December 1993

Murray State University, Master of Arts in Health, Physical Education & Recreation in May 1997.

Coaching Experience:

1994-95: graduate assistant to Wimp Sanderson at the University of Arkansas Little Rock

1995-98: administrative assistant first season, director of basketball operations the second season, then promoted to assistant coach his third season with Mark Gottfried at Murray State University; MSU advanced to two NCAA (1997 & 1998) and the NIT postseason tournaments during that tenure.

Miscellaneous Career Notes:

Rivals.com named him to its Top 25 college basketball recruiters’ list.

Was the first coach Mark Gottfried hired as his assistant at Alabama and was at Gottfried’s side for the March 25, 1998 press conference in Tuscaloosa announcing Gottfried’s hiring

His UA teammates included ten NBA-bound players Robert Horry, Antonio McDyess, Latrell Sprewell, Keith Askins, Jason Caffey, David Benoit, James Robinson, Eric Washington, Marcus Webb and Roy Rogers; Hosts Philip Pearson Basketball Camp each summer in his hometown of Montgomery