LOS ANGELES (— Mike Brown followed an 11-time NBA champion coach with the Los Angeles Lakers, taking charge of a roster packed with aging talent and a franchise anticipating more titles.

The Lakers fired their coach on Friday after a 1-4 start to his second season in charge, making one of the earliest coaching changes in NBA history.

Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak did nothing to squelch speculation Phil Jackson could return for a third tenure with the Lakers. The 67-year-old Jackson walked away from the club in 2011 with few apparent hard feelings, and his health has markedly improved after knee replacement surgery during his time away from the NBA.

Mike D’Antoni also is a likely candidate for the job, given the former Phoenix and New York coach’s ties to the Lakers’ roster. Nash enjoyed a long stretch of success in D’Antoni’s up-tempo offense with the Suns, winning back-to-back MVP awards, and Bryant was a big fan of D’Antoni as a player while he grew up in Italy.