By Justin Worsley,
The Golden State Warriors fired head coach Keith Smart on Wednesday after his only season with the team.
Smart, 46, was promoted to head coach after the Warriors fired Don Nelson, the NBA's all-time leader in wins.
Golden State improved from their 2009-10 campaign in which they went 26-56. The Warriors went on to win 36 games this year, but failed to make the playoffs for the third straight season.
Smart was an assistant for Golden State for seven years before his promotion.
Last year, Golden State was purchased by Joe Lacob, Peter Guber and a group of investors who promised to make changes to an organization who has only made the postseason once since 1994.
Two names have already surfaced as potential replacements for Smart: former Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan and former New York Knicks coach and current analyst Jeff Van Gundy.
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