Cavs fire coach Tyronn Lue

The Cleveland Cavaliers have fired coach Tyronn Lue and named assistant Larry Drew as the team's new interim head coach.

As head coach of the Cavaliers, Lue had a combined regular season record of 128-83 (.606) and a 41-20 (.672) mark in the playoffs, earning a championship along the way.

The Cavs, however, have struggled this season after losing stars LeBron James to free agency and Kevin Love to injury.

“This was a very difficult decision. It is especially so, considering Coach Lue’s time with us over the last four years, including four straight trips to the NBA Finals,” said Cavaliers General Manager Koby Altman. “We have respect and great admiration for Ty, not only as a coach, but a person. We thank him for the many ways he has contributed to our success, wish him the best and he will always be remembered for leading a very special Cavs team back against the odds to win the title in 2016. This is a different team equation, though, and one that we felt needed a different voice and approach that required this change.”

Coach Lue joined the Cavaliers coaching staff in June of 2014 as associate head coach. He was promoted to head coach in January of 2016, thus becoming the 20th head coach in franchise history.

Drew was named associate head coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers in September of 2016. He spent his first two seasons with the Cavaliers as an assistant coach (2014-2016), including the 2015-16 campaign when Cleveland won the NBA championship.

Before his arrival in Cleveland, Drew served as the head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks in 2013-14. Prior to that, he was head coach of the Atlanta Hawks from 2010 through 2013, where he compiled a 128-102 (.557) overall record and led the Hawks to the postseason in each of his three campaigns on the bench.

By Staff of TheDailySportsHerald.com and news services