Louisiana fires longtime coach Bob Marlin

(Photo credit: Gregg Pachkowski/gregg@pnj.com / USA TODAY NETWORK)Louisiana dismissed Bob Marlin six weeks into his 15th season as the program's head coach on Thursday.

Assistant coach Derrick Zimmerman will be the interim coach for the remainder of this season while Louisiana (3-9, 1-0 Sun Belt) searches for a new permanent hire.

"After an ongoing evaluation of our men's basketball program, it was decided a change was