Career
Pearman played college football at Clemson University under Head Coach Danny Ford. He would letter at Tight End for the 1985-1987 seasons. During his playing years he would help Clemson to Atlantic Coast Conference Titles in 1986 and 1987.
Pearman would start his coaching career as a graduate assistant on the Tigers" 1988 Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Championship Team.
Since then, he has served on coaching staffs at Alabama, Virginia Technical, North Carolina, Duke, and Maryland before returning to Clemson in 2009 as special teams coordinator, as well as the offensive tackles and tight ends coach.