The Toronto Raptors have fired head coach Nick Nurse, the team announced Friday.
Nurse joined the Raptors organization in 2013 as an assistant coach before being named the ninth head coach in team history in June 2018.
He guided the Raptors to their first NBA title the following year. Toronto beat the Orlando Magic, all 76ers of Philadelphia and the Milwaukee Bucks before defeating the Golden State Warriors in the Finals.
Nurse, 55, was named league coach of the year in the 2019-20 season as the Raptors went 53-19.
The Raptors were shut out of the playoffs this season, after finishing ninth in the East with a 41-41 record, and losing to the Chicago Bulls in the NBA play-off tournament.