when Tech was focusing hard on dominating recruiting within the state of Virginia. Ricky Bustle was the offensive coordinator at the time for Tech, and Pearman was a fellow Clemson graduate although 10 years younger. Pearman had the credentials, coming off six years as a line coach for Alabama and having for some pretty good Clemson teams in the mid 1980's,

As stated though, his knowledge of the Carolina's was little help to Tech in its recruiting at the time. Online data for who was recruiting who doesn't exist for that time period, but Tech recruited only a handful of players from the Carolina's during that time. Pearman is in a good spot given his knowledge and abilities.