After firing Derek Fisher, could Knicks hire ex-Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau?

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Add Derek Fisher to the list of head coaches fired mid-season in 2015-16.

The New York Knicks announced Monday that the team has relieved Fisher of his head coaching duties. Kurt Rambis has been named interim head coach.

Fisher, 41, signed a five-year, $25 million deal with the Knicks in June 2014. Fisher's relationship with Phil Jackson, president of the Knicks, played a huge part in the hiring. His coaching record was 40-96.

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The search for a new head coach begins for Jackson & Co., whose Knicks are 23-31 this season.

Could former Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau be a candidate?

Thibodeau coached the Knicks as an assistant from 1996-2004.

According to ESPN's Ian O'Connor, Thibodeau would be all for the head coaching position if he got the call.

As a head coach, Thibodeau spent five seasons with the Bulls. He won 2010-11 NBA Coach of the Year and had a record of 255-139 during his Bulls tenure, including a trip to the 2011 Eastern Conference Finals.

Thibodeau and the Bulls parted ways at the end of the 2014-15 NBA season.

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