John Beilein Out as br Cleveland Cavaliers Coach Associate head coach J.B. Bickerstaff br will be promoted to replace Beilein br as head coach, according to ESPN. Beilein will inform his staff and players br of the news when they return from br All-Star break on Wednesday. Beilein signed a five-year contract br with Cleveland in the offseason, a deal that br paid him more than $4 million per year. The team and Beilein agreed to a settlement br that will pay the coach a portion of his br remaining salary for the 2019-2020 season. Beilein joined the Cavaliers after br spending 12 seasons as the head coach br of the University of Michigan. He led Michigan to two Final Fours and four br Big Ten tournament and regular-season titles. Beilein struggled to connect with his NBA players and had to apologize in January after he referred to his players as "no longer playing as a bunch of thugs.