The Los Angeles Lakers are searching for a new head coach. They fired Darvin Ham after he failed to guide them out of the opening round of this season's playoffs. GM Rob Pelinka will now begin a thorough search for the next head coach tasked with leading L.A. toward a championship.

The Los Angeles Lakers fired coach Darvin Ham on Friday after just two seasons in charge. The Lakers announced on social media that they were dismissing Ham four days after their season ended with a first-round playoff loss to Denver in five games.

The Los Angeles Lakers fired Darvin Ham on Friday, four days after his second season as coach ended with a first-round playoff exit against the Denver Nuggets.

Ham is a good Head Coach in the league despite getting fired. Playing in the West isn't easy either. If he were to come to the East, that could make his job and life easier with the Wizards. He also has ties with them too as he played one season there in 1997. The Wizards should certainly consider Darvin Ham as their next Head Coach next season.

Darvin Ham is no longer coaching the Los Angeles Lakers, and it’s not a surprise. Despite back-to-back playoff trips, including a Western Conference finals visit last season, Ham was let go after just two seasons on the job.

May 3 (UPI) -- The Los Angeles Lakers on Friday fired coach Darvin Ham after just two seasons. Since being hired in 2022 to replace Frank Vogel, Ham went 90-74 during the regular season and 9-12 in the postseason. He also led the Lakers to the inaugural in-season tournament title last December in Las Vegas.

Darvin Ham was a failure in his two-year run as the Los Angeles Lakers’ head coach. He did not necessarily find a happy medium with the LeBron James-led roster. Meanwhile, Los Angeles’ first-round exit at the hands of the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Playoffs this season was the final nail in the proverbial coffin.