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The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has fired men's basketball head coach Rob Jeter, the university announced on Thursday.

"Rob has always put the interests of our student-athletes first and has represented our program and the university with class over the last 11 years. I thank him and his staff for their contributions," UW-Milwaukee Director of Athletics Amanda Braun said in a release. "After a thorough review, I have decided that a change in leadership of our men's basketball program is needed to help us achieve our goal of consistently being a top program in the Horizon League."

The Panthers went 20-13, including a 10-8 mark in the Horizon League, in the 2015-16 season. They also knocked off the University of Wisconsin at the Kohl Center on Dec. 9 with a 68-67 win.

Jeter played under former Badgers coach Bo Ryan at UW-Platteville and was also an assistant coach under Ryan at UW-Platteville, UW-Milwaukee and UW.

He had a mark of 185-170 in 11 seasons as Milwaukee's head coach. The Panthers have not finished third or higher in the Horizon League standings since 2011-12.

Braun said a national search will begin immediately.