Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl, sporting a very blond wig, took part in an epic lip sync battle with soccer coach Karen Hoppa during Monday’s AUSPY’s — Auburn’s annual awards ceremony honoring the players, coaches and staff.

That’s not by far the craziest Pearl has done, let’s not forget the time he painted his bare chest orange to support Tennessee – where he once coached basketball.

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A shirtless Tennessee men’s basketball coach, Bruce Pearl, yells in the student section before the Lady Vols college basketball game against Duke in 2007.

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