The Philadelphia 76ers have fired Doc Rivers as head coach after three seasons with the team.

The Sixers lost in the second round in each of Rivers' three seasons. The Sixers were "fairly torn" internally on whether to part ways with Rivers or retain him. Philadelphia decided they couldn't maintain the status quo after their loss to the Boston Celtics.

Mike Budenholzer, Sam Cassell, Mike D’Antoni, Nick Nurse, Frank Vogel and Monty Williams are expected to be candidates for the job.