**UPDATE 12/31/18 – UCLA has fired Steve Alford **
By ADAM ZAGORIA
The Chicago Bulls on Monday parted ways with head coach Fred Hoiberg and named Jim Boylen his replacement.
Could UCLA be Hoiberg’s next stop?
“It’s possible,” a Pac-12 source said. “He’s got NBA experience. It could be very possible.”
Steve Alford, 54, is currently the UCLA head coach and has a $3.6 million buyout if the contract is terminated before April 30, 2019, according to reports.
Alford is 122-59 in five-plus years with the Bruins with three Sweet 16 appearances, but he has not been past the Sweet 16.
The Pac-12 source said if the Bruins don’t make a deep run in the NCAA Tournament next March, “UCLA will get somebody new, I know that.”
During his coaching career at Iowa State between 2010-15, Hoiberg, 46, went 115-56. He led the team to four NCAA Tournament appearances with one Sweet 16.
“Everybody said Billy Donovan [was a target at UCLA], so if they’ll go after Donovan, Fred’s a lot like Donovan,” the source said. “He could every easily go there.”
Said a second source: “I know Fred will ask.”
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