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Head Coach Scott Brooks at an Oklahoma City Thunder game on March 28, 2015 in Salt Lake City, Utah.Melissa Majchrzak—NBAE/Getty Images by [Dan Gartland / Sports Illustrated](https://time.com/author/sports-illustrated/) ## Dan Gartland / Sports Illustrated Apr 22, 2015 6:08 PM UTC The Oklahoma City [Thunder](http://www.si.com/nba/team/oklahoma-city-thunder) have fired head coach Scott Brooks, the team [announced Wednesday](http://www.nba.com/thunder/news/release%5Fbrooks%5F150422). Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski [reported last week](http://www.si.com/nba/2015/04/16/oklahoma-city-thunder-scott-brooks-uncertain-return) that the Thunder were uncertain whether Brooks would return as coach next season. Brooks’s contract had been guaranteed for next season, with a team option on his deal for the 2016-17 season. “As we all know, this past year we had unique and challenging circumstances and as I have conveyed, not many people could have accomplished what Scott and this team were able to,” Thunder GM Sam Presti said in a statement. “Therefore, it is very important to state that this decision is not a reflection of this past season, but rather an assessment of what we feel is necessary at this point in time in order to continually evolve, progress and sustain.” _Read more:_ [Enes Kanter undergoes knee surgery, sidelined 4-6 weeks](http://www.si.com/nba/2015/04/22/enes-kanter-oklahoma-city-thunder-knee-surgery) Brooks took over the Thunder on an interim basis in 2008 after the firing of P.J. Carlesimo and was hired permanently after the end of the 2008-09 season. The Thunder made the playoffs in each of the following five seasons but failed to qualify this season. OKC star [Kevin Durant](http://www.si.com/nba/player/kevin-durant), a four-time NBA scoring champion, was limited to just 27 games by a foot injury. University of Connecticut head coach and former Thunder player Kevin Ollie [was rumored](http://www.si.com/nba/2015/04/20/oklahoma-city-thunder-kevin-ollie-scott-brooks) to be a target to replace Brooks, but Ollie [said in a statement](http://www.si.com/college-basketball/2015/04/22/kevin-ollie-uconn-oklahoma-city-thunder-rumors) issued Wednesday that he has “no plans to pursue other opportunities.” _This_ [_article_](http://www.si.com/nba/2015/04/22/oklahoma-city-thunder-scott-brooks-fired) _originally appeared on_ [_SI.com_](http://www.si.com/)_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3831702/thunder-fire-scott-brooks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3831702/thunder-fire-scott-brooks/"},"headline":"Oklahoma City Thunder Fire Head Coach Scott Brooks","datePublished":"2015-04-22T18:08:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:35:43.326Z","description":"Brooks took over the Thunder on an interim basis in 2008","url":"https://time.com/3831702/thunder-fire-scott-brooks/","keywords":["Basketball"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3b80697f1ca229d/6987ec5c35ba6f32bcc0b00d/scott-brooks-thunder-fired.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Gartland / Sports Illustrated"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3b80697f1ca229d/6987ec5c35ba6f32bcc0b00d/scott-brooks-thunder-fired.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Head Coach Scott Brooks at an Oklahoma City Thunder game on March 28, 2015 in Salt Lake City, Utah.","caption":"Head Coach Scott Brooks at an Oklahoma City Thunder game on March 28, 2015 in Salt Lake City, Utah.","creditText":"Melissa Majchrzak—NBAE/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/basketball/","name":"Basketball"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3831702/thunder-fire-scott-brooks/","name":"Oklahoma City Thunder Fire Head Coach Scott Brooks"}}]}] ```