HOUSTON — The Houston Rockets fired Kevin McHale with the team off to a lackluster 4-7 start just a year after advancing to the Western Conference finals.
McHale confirmed his firing to ESPN. The firing was first reported by Yahoo Sports.
McHale was in his fifth season with Houston and is coming off a 56-26 season where the Rockets reached the West finals for the first time since 1997. The 57-year-old Hall of Fame player went 193-130 with the Rockets.
The Rockets opened the season with three straight losses, won four in a row and are now in a four-game skid.