Larry Brown hasn't lost his passion for coaching. He just felt he and the Philadelphia 76ers needed a change.

Brown resigned as coach of the 76ers on Monday after six often-turbulent seasons in which he helped rebuild a struggling franchise.

"This has been coming for a long time,'' Brown said at a news conference. "I kind of thought in the middle of the season that we needed a change, a fresh look. And that's been on my mind awhile.''

A Hall of Famer and one of basketball's most well-traveled coaches, Brown could be a candidate for coaching vacancies in Cleveland, Houston and elsewhere.