Source: Harris Adler hired to complete Bruce Pearl's staff

AUBURN -- Harris Adler has been hired as the third assistant coach on Bruce Pearl's staff, a source confirmed Tuesday.

Adler, who served the past 10 years as an s=assistant at La Salle, completes Pearl's staff, joining Tony Jones and Chuck Person.

Pearl's three assistants will be Auburn's lead recruiters for the next four months after the school elected not to appeal his NCAA show-cause penalty.

Adler managed La Salle's recruiting, scouting, scheduling, and he oversaw the academic progress of players. He helped lead the Explorers to the Sweet 16 in 2012-13.

Prior to La Salle, Adler served for two years as assistant coach at the University of Pennsylvania.

He previous served as an assistant coach at Centenary College (2001-02), where he helped the men's basketball team achieve their first winning season in eight years.

Adler began his basketball coaching career as a graduate assistant at Rowan University (1999-01), where he was part of a coaching staff that led the team to the Division III Sweet 16.

He also served as the head coach for the Maccabi USA team in the European Maccabi Games in Rome in 2007, where he led the team to a bronze medal. In 2006, Adler led the Maccabi USA Team to a gold medal at the Inaugural Australia International Maccabi Games in Sydney with a 7-0 record.

He was also an assistant coach of the gold-medal winning Maccabi USA team at the 18th Maccabiah Games in 2009 and the bronze-medal Maccabi USA team at the 17th Maccabiah Games in 2005.

Adler holds a master's degree in higher education administration from Rowan University and a bachelor's degree in pharmacy from Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science. Adler is also a licensed pharmacist.