The world No 4 is looking for the fifth full-time coach of his professional career and is likely to appoint a new one when the US Open concludes early in September.
Former British journeyman player Maclagan is said to have indicated that he was no longer happy working as part of a two-man coaching operation. He has been sharing the work of overseeing Murray's training with part-time consultant Alex Corretja.
Although the British No 1 tried to persuade Maclagan to stay on in the present arrangement, the coach wanted to be in sole charge, as had been the case throughout the grass-court season.
When the 23-year-old Scot made it clear he still wanted that wider range of input, the men decided to part ways. The split may explain why Murray decided to cut short his training camp in Florida, which Maclagan had attended, for a last-minute entry into the Los Angeles Open, where he plays his opening match on Wednesday.
In a statement, Murray said: 'I have had a great relationship with Miles over the past two-and-a-half years and I want to thank him for his positive contribution to my career. We have had a lot of success and fun working together.'
Maclagan was also full of warm words, saying: 'It's been a privilege to work with Andy as his coach and I'm happy to have played my part in his career. I also want to thank the team for all their hard work over the years. I will miss them and Andy on a day-to-day basis. Andy is a great talent.'
While the split looks amicable, Maclagan will be as disappointed as anyone that he was unable to coax his client to a major title. He arrived as a lower profile and less experienced replacement for Brad Gilbert in December 2007, who had succeeded Pato Alvarez and Mark Petchey.
He helped guide Murray to two Grand Slam finals and No 2 in the world, but the player has always called the shots, with his mother Judy an influential figure.
The widely respected Corretja dips in for 12 weeks per year, but without much success when it comes to his specialist area of clay-court tennis - where Murray's results remain his least impressive.
Murray intends to work with Corretja until after Flushing Meadows, when he will make a longer term decision. There is no urgency to replace Maclagan, and few obvious candidates, as the domination of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal means most lack the experience of coaching a player to a Grand Slam title.
One name sure to be mentioned is Las Vegas-based Australian Darren Cahill, a former mentor of Andre Agassi, who is associated with Murray's sponsors adidas.
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A massive 30 selections for the system yesterday but it produced a cracking profit of £15.99 so around a 10% increase for the day which I am very happy with.
The rough target I was hoping to double the bank (£100 start) by was around 7th August give or take a day or two, I'm not sure exactly what date I restarted. The Balance is now at £164.32 with ten days left to hopefully get another £36 profit.
After that I will see how long it will take to double again but will set the hopeful target at around 6 weeks as the slight over staking to compensate for the minimum bet will not be needed soon so it should take slightly longer to double.
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