Dennis Felton, who last season led Georgia’s basketball team to an improbable SEC tournament championship, was fired this morning, ESPN.com reported. Evans’ decision came after the Bulldogs lost to Florida 83-57 on Wednesday night, their seventh consecutive defeat. Georgia is 9-11 and 0-5 in SEC play. Felton had an 84-91 record in six seasons at Georgia, including a 26-59 mark against SEC opponents. Evans seemed poised to fire Felton a year ago, but the Bulldogs won three games in two days to win the SEC tournament and advance to the NCAA tournament, where they lost as a No. 14 seed to No. 3 seed Xavier 76-61 in the first round. Felton is the third SEC basketball coach to leave at midseason since last year; LSU dismissed John Brady in January 2008, and Alabama coach Mark Gottfried resigned earlier this week.
Felton reportedly fired as Georgia basketball coach
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