Houston Rockets coach Mike D'Antoni is informing the franchise's ownership today that he's becoming a free agent won't return to the Rockets next season, sources tell ESPN.

D'Antoni, whose contract expired with the end of Houston's season in the Western Conference semifinals on Saturday, turned down extension offers prior to the season.

He will be considered among a group of candidates for the Philadelphia 76ers coaching opening, sources tell ESPN.

Source: Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN

ANALYSIS: After it was reported that Rockets head coach Mike D'Antoni would weigh his options this off-season, sources say D'Antoni has informed the Houston franchise that he will not return as head coach next season. This comes as a bit of a surprise given the recent comments by both sides expressing mutual interest in getting a deal done, but nonetheless, D'Antoni will hit the open market.

D'Antoni has been linked to the vacant head coaching positions in Philadelphia and Indiana, and he isn't expected to be unemployed for long.