Former Carolina Cougars, Denver Nuggets, UCLA Bruins, New Jersey Nets, Kansas Jayhawks, San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Clippers, Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers, Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks, Charlotte Bobcats and SMU Mustangs coach Larry Brown can now be known as former Carolina Cougars, Denver Nuggets, UCLA Bruins, New Jersey Nets, Kansas Jayhawks, San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Clippers, Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers, Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks, Charlotte Bobcats, SMU Mustangs and Auxilium Torino coach Larry Brown.

The 78-year-old coach was fired by the Italian basketball club with eight games remaining in his first season as their coach, the team announced Thursday. He was 5-19 in his first 24 games and was reportedly booed after the team's most recent loss, a 96-79 home loss to Sidigas Avellino.

This was Brown's first head coaching gig since resigning at SMU following the 2016 season, citing an inability to work out an acceptable contract extension with the school. He led the Mustangs to three straight seasons of 25 or more wins in his last three seasons on the Hilltop, but he also left the program with NCAA sanctions after a Division I Committee on Infractions panel ruled Brown and the program committed multiple violations, including academic fraud and unethical conduct.