Welp, Nomad Brown has left again.

Larry Brown's six-year relationship with the Sixers is about to end.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Philadelphia Inquirer, citing sources, reported Monday that Larry Brown will step down as coach and vice president of basketball operations.


The team is expected to announce the decision Monday at a 4 p.m. news conference.

According to the Inquirer report, the decision was reached Sunday night.

While one of the reasons given for Brown's resignation was fatigue, the Plain Dealer reported that he would be a candidate for the Cavaliers' coaching spot.

Other leagues sources told the Plain Dealer that with Brown stepping down, former Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy and Portland coach Mo Cheeks would become candidates for the Sixers. Van Gundy is also the front-runner for the Houston Rockets' coaching job.

ESPN.com's Marc Stein reported Sunday that the Rockets received permission to talk to Van Gundy, who is still under contract with the Knicks through July 31. Cavaliers general manager Jim Paxson said he wanted to hire a coach with postseason success and an ability to teach young players.

Brown was set to meet with Ed Snider, chairman of the 76ers' ownership group, two sources close to Brown told The Associated Press on Sunday.

Snider told the Philadelphia Daily News last week that the team needed to "move on'' if Brown had lost his enthusiasm for coaching the Sixers. Snider also told the paper he thought Brown was leaning toward not returning.

Brown was on vacation since his team was eliminated by Detroit in the second round of the playoffs.

Brown had two years left on his contract, which prohibits him from coaching another NBA team if he leaves prematurely. With Brown deciding to leave, a big question during his meeting with Snider was likely whether the 76ers release him from that clause, the sources told The AP.

Brown has a 1,285-853 record over 31 years, including a 879-685 mark in 20 NBA seasons. Brown arrived as the Sixers' coach in May 1997 and was 255-205 in six seasons with the Sixers. Brown's first season, a 31-51 finish, was his only losing one with the team.

Brown was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Memorial Hall of Fame in September.

 

maybe he'll take an assistant coach position at UNC

 

I bet he retires. He's been coaching for 31 years for crying out loud. he'll probably end up doing TV analysis. I'm sure he doesn't need the money.

Of course that being saidsomebody somewhere will offer him a ton of money and he'll be back on the sidelines. He doesn't have any NBA titles but he's a proven winner and is always able to turn losing teams into winners very quickly

 

maybe he'll go coach at uga. See if he can actually take a program already on probation and make it even dirtier.

 

maybe. but he's no Jim Harrick.

speaking of dirty how's Quin doing at Missouri?

 

yeah, you gotta hate your assistant using the phone.

Seriously though, i've got respect for brown. He made the clippers winners. You just can't look past the fact that the college teams he made good had ncaa violations after he left. Much like tark, or harrick.

 

We all know that all coaches violate ncaa rules to some degree, but some are better at covering it up than others. K has had a few question marks as well in players from his program.

 

Phil Ford?

 

I think he's finally had enough of Iverson

I don't blame Larry Brown at all for leaving. He must have had the patience of Job putting up with Iverson all these years.

 

I assume that you are speaking of maggette? That dumbass took money from aau coaches in high school. That has nothing to do with duke or coach k. At the same time, i do agree that coaches toe the line as best they can when it comes to violations.