Bill Fitch has quit as coach of the squabbling New Jersey Nets, less than two weeks after leading the club to its first playoff since 1986, sources close to the NBA team said today.

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Fitch has one year left on his contract, but his status as coach has been in question since December, when a report surfaced that Jim Valvano would replace him. Fitch later had public run-ins on the bench with Derrick Coleman, Chris Morris and Drazen Petrovic.

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