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"&lt;p&gt; Mike Dunlap was fired on Tuesday as head coach of the Charlotte Bobcats. (Marc Serota/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The rash of firings\u00A0continue\u00A0in the NBA, one\u00A0week after wrapping up the regular season. On Tuesday, the Charlotte Bobcats announced that the team\u00A0has parted ways with first-year head coach Mike Dunlap, who was hired in June 2012 as the fifth head\u00A0coach in franchise history. The team, coming off an all-time NBA worst winning percentage of .106 (7-59)\u00A0last season, finished this year with a 21-61 record.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to a\u00A0statement\u00A0issued by the team via its\u00A0Twitter account on Tuesday afternoon,\u00A0Bobcats president of Basketball Operations Rod Higgins met with General Manager Rich Cho\u00A0to\u00A0talk about changes and ultimately decided that a new coach was needed. There was no immediate comment from team owner Michael Jordan but Higgins said the search for a new coach will begin immediately:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"Rich Cho and I conducted our season-ending review and met with Coach Dunlap to reflect on this season.\u00A0 As an organization, it was decided that we needed to make a change with the head coach position. We want to thank Mike for his contribution and wish him the best in his future endeavors.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some of the lottery-bound teams have wasted no time in moving forward with a new coach for next season; the 24-58 Cleveland Cavaliers parted ways with Byron Scott last week and the Detroit Pistons decided not to retain head coach Lawrence Frank after\u00A0finishing 29-53 this season. Doug Collins also announced at the end of the season that he would not return as head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;https://twitter.com/bobcats/status/326745716288520192&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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