76ers fire coach Eddie Jordan

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia 76ers have fired coach Eddie Jordan after one season.

Team president Ed Stefanski announced the move Thursday. He says the Sixers took an "unacceptable" step backward after two straight seasons in the playoffs.

Jordan is finished after a woefully underachieving season that had the Sixers near the bottom of the Eastern Conference. Jordan was hired last summer and sold his Princeton offense as the way to turn them into contenders.

Instead, players were unhappy with his system almost from the start and the Sixers struggled to put together any kind of winning streaks. The Sixers finished 27-55 and missed the playoffs for the first time in three years.

The Sixers will look for their fourth coach in three seasons.