Los Angeles ¨C Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle resigned on Thursday.

Owner Mark Cuban announced the news in a team statement that came one day after Cuban fired president of basketball operations Donnie Nelson.

¡°Rick informed me today about his decision to step down as head coach,¡± Cuban said. ¡°On top of being a tremendous basketball coach, he was also a friend and confidant. Rick helped us bring the O¡¯Brien Trophy to Dallas and those are memories I will always cherish. I want to thank Rick for all he gave this franchise and this city. We wish him all the best.¡±

Carlisle added context to the move in a statement to ESPN.

¡°After a number of in-person conversations with Mark Cuban over the last week, today I informed him that I will not be returning as head coach of the Dallas Mavericks,¡± Carlisle said. ¡°This was solely my decision.¡±

He added, ¡°Dallas will always be home, but I am excited about the next chapter of my coaching career.¡±

Carlisle had two years remaining on his contract.

Carlisle, 61, compiled a record of 555-478 in 13 seasons as the Mavs¡¯ coach from 2008 to 2021. He coached three seasons with the Detroit Pistons (2001 to 03) and four with the Indiana Pacers (2003-07) and also served as an assistant coach for the then-New Jersey Nets, Portland Trail Blazers and Indiana. His all-time record as a head coach is 836-689.

Dallas lost its first-round Western Conference playoff series to the Los Angeles Clippers in seven games after taking leads of 2-0 and 3-2 earlier in the series. The Mavericks were the No. 5 seed in the conference after a 42-30 regular-season finish. Star forward Luka Doncic turned in another stellar season and was named to his second straight All-NBA first team.

On Wednesday, the Mavericks announced they ¡°mutually agreed to part ways¡± with Nelson, who served in that capacity for 24 seasons. ESPN and The Athletic reported that Nelson was rankled by the ever-growing influence of the team¡¯s director of quantitative research and development, Haralabos ¡°Bob¡± Voulgaris.

Doncic is eligible for a max contract extension this offseason and described the Nelson move as ¡°tough.¡±