College Basketball
Stanford fires coach Johnny Dawkins after eight seasons
College Basketball

Stanford fires coach Johnny Dawkins after eight seasons

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 5:24 p.m. ET

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) Johnny Dawkins has been fired after eight seasons coaching the Stanford men's basketball team.

The school announced Dawkins' dismissal Monday, saying athletic director Bernard Muir had begun a national search for a new coach. Dawkins guided the Cardinal to the Sweet 16 of the 2014 NCAA Tournament and NIT championships after the 2012 and '15 seasons.

Stanford went 15-15 this season and finished ninth in the Pac-12 Conference at 8-10. Dawkins went 156-115 overall.

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