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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Buzz Peterson has a 267-229 record in 16 years as a college head coach. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;North Carolina-Wilmington fired men's head basketball coach Buzz Peterson after four seasons, the school announced Tuesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Peterson had a 42-82 overall mark in his tenure and had two years left on his contract.\u00A0This season, the Seahawks finished last in the Colonial Athletic Association Conference&lt;b&gt;,&lt;/b&gt;\u00A0going 3-13 and 9-23 overall.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CWe appreciate Coach Peterson's work on behalf of the student-athletes and the university,\u201D athletic director Jimmy Bass said. \u201CWe thank him for his service and wish him well in the future.\u201D&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Peterson has also coached at Appalachian State, Tennessee, Tulsa, and Coastal Carolina in his career.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;UNC Wilmington named assistant Eddie Biedenbach the interim coach while the school conducts a search for Peterson's replacement.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Doug McDermott, Jabari Parker lead SI.com's All-America teams&lt;/strong&gt;\n&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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