Former Auburn men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl calls for ‘free Iran,’ backs Trump amid US-Israel strikes

Former Auburn men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl called Iran the "head of the snake" and backed President Donald Trump hours after the United States and Israel launched a joint attack on the country. 

Pearl, one of a handful of Jewish coaches in college basketball before his retirement in September, took to social media shortly after the U.S. joined Israel in launching preemptive strikes against Iran on Saturday morning. 

"President Trump gave Iran a chance to avoid War by simply agreeing to No Nukes.