Miami Heat's lead assistant David Fizdale has reportedly accepted an offer to be the head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies.

According to Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical, the native of Los Angeles, California has accepted a four-year contract that includes a team option for the fourth year. However, other details of the deal have not been revealed.

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Fizdale, who used to play basketball as a point guard with the Fremont High School,  replaces Dave Joerger, who was dismissed by the Grizzlies early this month after three seasons and three straight playoff appearances.

The Robert Pera majority-owned team is giving the longtime NBA assistant his first head coaching chance. Recently many other clubs have hired NBA head coaching veterans such as Nate McMillan in Indiana, Frank Vogel in Orlando and Tom Thibodeau in Minnesota.

Since the 2008-09 season, Fizdale has been with the Heat. He has been the team's assistant head coach for just the past two seasons. The 41-year-old was with the Golden State Warriors in 2003-04 as an assistant coach and served the Atlanta Hawks between 2004 and 2008 in the same capacity.

Former Heat and current Grizzlies guard Mario Chalmers has approved the move. Chalmers played for Miami from 2008 to 2015 before being traded to Memphis last year.

"Fizz to Memphis huh. I like that move. Great coach and even a better person. Happy for my guy Fizz," Chalmers wrote on Twitter.

Memphis finished the regular season with 42 wins and 40 losses to enter the conference playoffs as the seventh-seeded team, despite being battered by injuries and forced to an NBA-record of 28 players this season. They faced the league's top defensive team San Antonio Spurs and lost the series after being swept in the opening round.

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