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The Jim Boylen era comes to an end as Arturas Karnisovas begins search for new Bulls head coach

Boylen was relieved of his duties after compiling a 39-84 record (.317) as Bulls head coach

Jim Boylen was relieved of his duties on Friday morning, the last official day of the NBA regular season. Arturas Karnisovas told the media that a formal coaching search will begin immediately.

The Bulls Friday called time. This time it was the coach who was benched.

Jim Boylen, who hadn't yet coached a full season for the Bulls with the team's season ending in March due to the pandemic, technically was relieved of his duties as head coach.