Sacramento, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – The Sacramento Kings have fired head coach Mike Malone, the team announced on Monday.<\/p>\n
The news came as a bit of a shock considering Malone’s relative success in one-plus seasons at the helm in Sacramento and his previous relationship with Kings owner Vivek Ranadive.<\/p>\n
“This was an extremely difficult decision, but one we feel is in the best interest of the franchise moving forward,” said general manager Pete D’Alessandro.”<\/p>\n
After compiling a 28-54 record last season, the Kings are 11-13 entering Monday in a competitive Western Conference despite star center DeMarcus Cousins missing the last nine games with a viral infection. They were 9-6 before Cousins was sidelined.<\/p>\n
“Michael made significant contributions to the organization on many levels and helped foster cultural changes that positively impacted our team.”<\/p>\n
Tyrone Corbin will coach the Kings on an interim basis. Corbin, Malone’s lead assistant, spent the last four seasons as head coach of the Jazz. He coached Utah to a playoff appearance in the lockout-shortened 2011-12 season but left the Jazz with a 112-146 record.<\/p>\n
The Kings haven’t made the playoffs since 2005-06, which was also the last time they had a winning record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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