The Arizona Coyotes and head coach Dave Tippett have mutually agreed to part ways, the team announced Thursday.

"On behalf of the entire Coyotes organization, I would like to sincerely thank Tip for all of his hard work and the many contributions he made to our organization," said team owner Andrew Barroway. "Tip is a man of high character and we are very grateful for his leadership during his tenure as our head coach. Ultimately, we have some philosophical differences on how to build our team. Therefore' we mutually agreed that it is in everyone's best interest to have a coaching change in order to move our franchise forward."

Barroway bought out Coyotes' minority owners to become the sole owner of the club earlier in June.

Tippett, 55, took over the Coyotes bench in 2009-10, leading Arizona

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