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LSU has fired men's basketball head coach John Brady, multiple media outlets are reporting.

From Gary Parrish of Sportsline:

It's unclear whether Brady will finish the season. If he does not assistant Butch Pierre is expected to take over on an interim basis.

LSU is 8-13 overall, 1-6 in the SEC.

Some coaches that should surface as possible replacements are Southern California's Tim Floyd, Virginia Commonwealth's Anthony Grant and Ole Miss' Andy Kennedy.

Brady, who is losing his job less than two years after taking LSU to a Final Four, has had an up-and-down career since replacing Dale Brown at LSU in 1997. He had losing records in his first two seasons leading the Tigers, including a grand total of six wins in the SEC. But he went 28-6 in his third year and got to the Sweet 16. Overall, he managed just three winning SEC seasons in 11 years at the helm. That's the kind of record that a coach just can't survive.