Pearl took a Screaming Eagles USI team in 1992, which had won only 10 games last season. Pearl posted a 22-7 record in his first season and led the Eagles to nine straight NCAA D-II tournaments in addition to winning four Great Lakes Valley Conference titles.
When Pearl and Collins were both head coaches in four years in the Horizon League, the two men never participate in the traditional post game handshake, reportedly due to residual feelings about the incident.
