Rick Carlisle is in his second stint with the organization and is in his fourth season in that second stint. The Pacers clearly like what he is doing with this team and love how the team responds to him as the coach.

The Sacramento Kings fired head coach Mike Brown on Friday with the NBA team sitting in 12th place and in a five-game losing streak.

Less than two seasons removed from his Coach of the Year-winning season, the Sacramento Kings fired Mike Brown. Brown, who snapped the longest playoff

Among those to weigh in on Sacramento's surprising decision was Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle, who worked with Brown for two seasons from 2003 to '05 in Indianapolis.

Early Friday afternoon, not long after Mike Brown completed his final practice as head coach of the Sacramento Kings with an 18-minute news conference, general manager Monte McNair called him. Assistant general manager Wes Wilcox,

The Sacramento Kings fired Mike Brown on Friday. He was just 31 games into his third season as head coach, and just two years removed from being named Coach of the Year after ending Sacramento's 16-season playoff drought -- as a No.

The Sacramento Kings fired coach Mike Brown on Friday, less than halfway into his third season at the helm. Brown, 54, guided the Kings to the Western Conference playoffs in his first year on the job (2022-23),

The Sacramento Kings have fired coach Mike Brown less than halfway through his third season with the team mired in a five-game losing streak.