The Los Angeles Lakers have sacked head coach Frank Vogel after a poor campaign which saw them miss out on the play-offs.
Vogel's team won 33 of their matches, but lost 49 in a season which saw them finish 11th in the Western Conference.
His final match on Sunday was a 146-141 overtime win over Denver Nuggets.
Rob Pelinka, the Lakers' general manager, said: "This is an incredibly difficult decision to make, but one we feel is necessary at this point."
Speaking after the win over Denver, Vogel had said "we'll deal with tomorrow, tomorrow," as reports suggested he was going to lose his job.
Confirming the news on Monday, the Lakers issued a statement thanking him for his efforts, with the 48-year-old having led them to the NBA championship in 2020.
"I have a tremendous amount of respect for Frank both on and off the court," added Pelinka, who is also the Lakers' vice-president of basketball operations.
"Frank is a great coach and a good man. We will forever be grateful to him for his work in guiding us to the 2019-20 NBA championship."
There is currently no frontrunner to succeed Vogel and the process of finding a sixth full-time head coach since Phil Jackson retired in 2011 is expected to take some time.
Vogel is the only coach, besides Jackson, to have led the team to a championship in 30 years.
