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Jerry Sloan

October 27, 2023

For the American aviator, see Jerri Sloan Truhill.

Gerald Eugene Sloan (March 28, 1942 – May 22, 2020) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He played 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) before beginning a 30-year coaching career, 23 of which were spent as head coach of the Utah Jazz (1988–2011). NBA commissioner David Stern referred to Sloan as "one of the greatest and most respected coaches in NBA history".[1] Sloan was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009.[2]

Jerry Sloan
Sloan with the Chicago Bulls in 1969
Personal information
Born(1942-03-28)March 28, 1942
McLeansboro, Illinois, U.S.
DiedMay 22, 2020(2020-05-22) (aged 78)
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High schoolMcLeansboro
(McLeansboro, Illinois)
CollegeEvansville (1962–1965)
NBA draft1965: 1st round, 4th overall pick
Selected by the Baltimore Bullets
Playing career1965–1976
PositionShooting guard
Number14, 4
Coaching career1978–2011
Career history
As player:
1965–1966Baltimore Bullets
1966–1976Chicago Bulls
As coach:
1978–1979Chicago Bulls (assistant)
1979–1982Chicago Bulls
1985–1988Utah Jazz (assistant)
1988–2011Utah Jazz
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As coach:

Career playing statistics
Points10,571 (14.0 ppg)
Rebounds5,615 (7.4 rpg)
Assists1,925 (2.5 apg)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com
Career coaching record
NBA1,221–803 (.603)
Basketball Hall of Fame as coach
Medals
Assistant coach for  United States
men's national basketball team
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta Team

After playing college basketball with the Evansville Purple Aces, Sloan was selected by the Baltimore Bullets with the fourth overall pick of the 1965 NBA draft. He spent his rookie season with the Bullets before playing the remainder of his career with the Chicago Bulls, retiring due to injuries in 1976. Nicknamed "the Original Bull", he was a two-time NBA All-Star, a six-time member of the All-Defensive Team and the first player to have his number retired by the Bulls. Sloan then became a coach, and had a career regular-season win–loss record of 1,221–803, placing him third all-time in NBA wins at the time he retired.[3] He was the fifth coach to reach 1,000 NBA victories and is one of two coaches in NBA history to record 1,000 wins with one club (the Utah Jazz). Sloan coached the Jazz to 15 consecutive playoff appearances from 1989 to 2003. He is one of only four coaches in NBA history with 15-plus consecutive seasons that have a winning record.[a][3] He led Utah to the NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998, but lost to Chicago both times.

After Tom Kelly stepped down as manager of the Minnesota Twins in Major League Baseball in 2001, Sloan became the longest-tenured head coach in American major league sports with their current franchise. He resigned mid-season from the Jazz in 2011 before returning in 2013 as an adviser and scouting consultant.

Early life edit

Born and raised in Gobbler's Knob, Illinois, 15 miles (24 km) south of McLeansboro,[4] Sloan was the youngest of 10 children and was raised by a single mother after his father died when Jerry was 4 years old. He would wake up at 4:30 a.m. to do farm chores and then walk almost two miles to get to school in time for 7 a.m. basketball practice. After school, he would walk back home from practice. Sloan graduated an all-state player from McLeansboro High School in 1960.[5]

College career edit

 
Sloan playing for Evansville in 1965

Sloan played college basketball for the Evansville Purple Aces from 1962 to 1965, where he was named the Indiana Collegiate Conference (ICC) Player of the Year in 1963 and 1965 and a three-time first-team All-ICC selection.[6] He was chosen as the 19th overall pick in the 1964 NBA draft by the Baltimore Bullets but he remained in college and led the Purple Aces to their second in two consecutive Division II national titles.

Professional career edit

Sloan was selected fourth in the 1965 NBA draft by the Baltimore Bullets. The Chicago Bulls, an expansion team, selected Sloan in the 1966 NBA expansion draft. He became known as "the Original Bull", known for his tenacious defense, leading them to the playoffs in their first season, and to their first and only division title before the Michael Jordan era; after a series of knee injuries, he retired in 1976. He averaged more than 18 points a game in 1970–71, and over 15 points per game three other seasons.[7] Despite his height of only 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m), his career rebounding average was 7.4 rebounds per game, with one season having an average of 9.1 rebounds. He was a career 72 percent free throw shooter.[8] His number 4 jersey was subsequently retired by the Chicago Bulls in 1978, becoming the first retired jersey in franchise history.[9]

Coaching career edit

While at Evansville, coach Arad McCutchan suggested that Sloan coach at his alma mater. After retiring in 1976, Sloan took the Evansville job, but withdrew after five days.[10] That same season, the Evansville basketball team and coaching staff were killed in a plane crash at Evansville Airport.[11]

 
Jerry Sloan

Two years later, Sloan was hired by the Bulls as a scout.[12] After one season in this role, he became an assistant coach with the team. In 1979, Sloan was promoted to the position of head coach. He held the position for less than three seasons, winning 94 games and losing 121. He led the team to the playoffs in his second year, but was fired after a poor start during the following campaign.[13]

Utah Jazz edit

After departing Chicago, Sloan became a scout for the Utah Jazz for one season. He then became coach of the Evansville Thunder of the Continental Basketball Association for the 1984 season but never coached a game instead accepting an assistant coach position with the Jazz. After Frank Layden became team president in December 1988, the Jazz chose Sloan as the new head coach.[14] Sloan enjoyed a successful run of 16 consecutive seasons of taking his team to the playoffs, during which time he coached future Hall of Famers Karl Malone and John Stockton, along with other players including Jeff Hornacek, Antoine Carr, Tom Chambers, Mark Eaton, and Jeff Malone.[15] Sloan led the Jazz to six division championships and 10 seasons with greater than 50 wins. He also took the Jazz to the NBA Finals twice, losing in 1997 and 1998, both times to his old team, the Chicago Bulls, led at the time by Michael Jordan. By the end of this period, he had joined Pat Riley and Phil Jackson as the only coaches with 10 or more seasons winning 50 or more games. After the retirement of long-time Jazz players Malone and Stockton, Sloan coached a younger group of players, including Carlos Boozer, Andrei Kirilenko, Mehmet Okur, and later, Deron Williams.[16] After John Stockton retired and Karl Malone signed with the Lakers in the summer of 2003, the 2003-2004 Jazz were widely predicted to be the worst team in the NBA[17] and some even predicted that Utah would set the all-time single season record for fewest wins in a season.[18] Despite the very low expectations and despite second leading scorer Matt Harpring being sidelined for 51 games due to a knee injury, Sloan and his team were involved in a battle for the eighth spot in the Western Conference, which would have given Sloan his 17th straight trip to the playoffs. The Jazz were tied with the Denver Nuggets for the eighth and last spot of the playoffs with three games to go in the regular season. The Jazz lost the final two games, causing Sloan to miss the playoffs for the first time in 18 seasons as Jazz coach. After leading a young team in its first year without Stockton and Malone to an unexpected 42–40 record, he finished just behind Hubie Brown of the Memphis Grizzlies in voting for the 2004 NBA Coach of the Year Award.[19]

Sloan collected his 1,000th career win against the Dallas Mavericks on December 11, 2006, in a 101–79 victory, which made him only the fifth coach in NBA history to reach the milestone.[20] After disappointing seasons in 2004–05 and 2005–06, the Jazz in the 2006–07 returned to contention. For this, Sloan was again on many sportswriters' ballots for Coach of the Year, however, he lost the award to Toronto Raptors head coach Sam Mitchell, who led his team to a franchise record-tying 47 victories and their first Atlantic Division title. Sloan lost the vote 394–301.[21]

 
Sloan as a coach of the Utah Jazz in 2010

The Jazz advanced to the Western Conference finals on May 15, 2007, with a 100–87 win over the Golden State Warriors. It was the sixth time in franchise history that Utah advanced to the conference finals, all coming under Sloan. However, they went on to lose 4–1 to the San Antonio Spurs.[15]

During the 2008–09 season, Sloan reached 1,000 wins as coach of the Jazz on November 7 after beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 104–97 in a Friday night game. He became the first coach in NBA history with 1,000 wins for one team.[22] Sloan returned as head coach of the Jazz for the 2009–10 season, leading the team to a 53–29 record and the playoffs.

Mirroring his tenacity as a player, Sloan was just as fiery as a coach. He was suspended one game for pushing referee Bob Delaney in April 1993. A decade later, Sloan was served a seven-game suspension in 2003 for pushing referee Courtney Kirkland in Sacramento.[23]

In April 2009, Sloan was named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, in the same class as his former longtime point guard John Stockton. Sloan chose the class of 2006 Hall of Famer Charles Barkley to introduce him during his induction ceremony.[24]

Resignation as Jazz head coach edit

Sloan revealed on February 7, 2011, that he had earlier in the year signed a contract extension to coach the Jazz for the 2011–12 season, which would have been his 24th season as head coach with the Jazz.[25] However, on February 10, 2011, Sloan and assistant Phil Johnson resigned their positions effective immediately.[26] Sloan downplayed reports that conflicts with players prompted his departure. "I've had confrontations with players since I've been in the league", Sloan said. "There's only so much energy left and my energy has dropped." KSL-TV later asked Sloan whether reported conflicts with guard Deron Williams forced him to leave. "I forced myself out", Sloan responded.[27] Williams acknowledged that he had a disagreement with Sloan during the previous night's game, but he added, "I would never force Coach Sloan out of Utah. He's meant more to this town, more to this organization than I have by far. I would have asked out of Utah first."[28] Sloan's last game as head coach came in a 91–86 loss to the Bulls on February 9, and assistant coach Tyrone Corbin was then named as Sloan's replacement.[3]

He was stubborn, you have to be as a coach. But, he had a system, and the system was effective. It's not easy to have a team in Utah. It's not the biggest draw in the country as far as free agents to go there, and they were able to have a really great home record, played the kind of basketball that was admirable. So, we all had admiration for him as coaches around the league. So, as a colleague, we’ll miss him.

—Phil Jackson, former Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers head coach[1]

Nearly two weeks later, Williams was involved in a trade on February 23, 2011 that sent him to the New Jersey Nets.[29] Ian Thomsen of Sports Illustrated wrote, "First Jerry Sloan leaves, now Williams is sent away. For two decades we knew who the Utah Jazz were and what they stood for as a franchise. Now we, and they, can have no idea."[30]

A year later, Karl Malone, who played under Sloan for over 18 years, indicated that Sloan did not feel supported by Kevin O'Connor and Greg Miller.[31] Longtime San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich would later mention him as a mentor for his overall coaching success in the NBA.[32]

Return to the Jazz edit

On June 19, 2013, the Utah Jazz announced that Sloan was returning as an adviser and scouting consultant.[33]

On January 31, 2014, the Jazz honored Sloan by raising a banner featuring the number "1223", which represents Sloan's total number of combined regular season and playoff wins with the Jazz from 1988 to 2011.[34]

Personal life and death edit

Sloan married his high-school sweetheart, Bobbye. After a much-publicized six-year battle against breast cancer, she died of pancreatic cancer in 2004.[35] They had three children and were married 41 years.

In 2006, Sloan married Tammy Jessop, in Salt Lake City. Sloan had a stepson, Rhett, as a result of this marriage.[36]

Sloan was known to wear John Deere hats,[4] and collected antique furniture and dolls. [8] He also collected and restored tractors as a hobby.[37] After amassing a collection of tractors that numbered 70, Sloan decided to sell all but two of them after a 35-year-old Allis-Chalmers tractor was stolen.[38][39]

In April 2016, Sloan was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia.[40] He died on May 22, 2020, at age 78, from complications of the diseases.[41]

Career statistics edit

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Playing edit

NBA regular season playing statistics[42]
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1965–66 Baltimore 59 – 16.1 .415 .705 3.9 1.9 – – 5.7
1966–67 Chicago 80 – 36.8 .432 .796 9.1 2.1 – – 17.4
1967–68 Chicago 77 – 31.9 .385 .749 7.7 3.0 – – 13.3
1968–69 Chicago 78 – 37.7 .417 .745 7.9 3.5 – – 16.8
1969–70 Chicago 53 – 34.4 .421 .651 7.0 3.1 – – 15.6
1970–71 Chicago 80 – 39.3 .441 .715 8.8 3.5 – – 18.3
1971–72 Chicago 82 – 37.0 .444 .660 8.4 2.6 – – 16.2
1972–73 Chicago 69 – 35.0 .411 .707 6.9 2.2 – – 10.1
1973–74 Chicago 77 – 37.1 .447 .711 7.2 1.9 2.4 .1 13.2
1974–75 Chicago 78 – 33.0 .439 .748 6.9 2.1 2.2 .2 12.2
1975–76 Chicago 22 – 28.0 .400 .705 5.3 1.0 1.2 .2 10.1
Career 755 – 34.1 .427 .722 7.4 2.5 2.2 .2 14.0
All-Star 2 1 20.0 .353 .000 3.5 2.0 – – 6.0
NBA playoff playing statistics[42]
Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1966 Baltimore 2 17.0 .417 .750 8.0 3.0 – – 6.5
1967 Chicago 3 23.7 .387 .667 3.3 .3 – – 10.0
1968 Chicago 5 27.4 .324 .760 6.4 2.4 – – 8.6
1970 Chicago 5 38.0 .392 .640 7.8 2.2 – – 14.8
1971 Chicago 7 40.6 .436 .739 9.0 2.4 – – 17.0
1972 Chicago 4 42.5 .406 .579 8.8 2.5 – – 15.8
1973 Chicago 7 41.7 .437 .737 8.4 2.0 – – 14.9
1974 Chicago 6 40.0 .443 .759 10.3 2.0 1.2 .2 16.7
1975 Chicago 13 36.2 .460 .556 7.4 2.0 1.5 .0 13.1
Career 52 36.3 .427 .677 7.9 2.1 1.4 .1 13.8

Coaching edit

Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
NBA coaching record[43]
Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
Chicago 1979–80 82 30 52 .366 4th in Midwest — — — — Missed Playoffs
Chicago 1980–81 82 45 37 .549 2nd in Central 6 2 4 .333 Lost in Conf. Semi-finals
Chicago 1981–82 51 19 32 .373 (fired) — — — — —
Utah 1988–89 65 40 25 .615 1st in Midwest 3 0 3 .000 Lost in First round
Utah 1989–90 82 55 27 .671 2nd in Midwest 5 2 3 .400 Lost in First round
Utah 1990–91 82 54 28 .659 2nd in Midwest 9 4 5 .444 Lost in Conf. Semi-finals
Utah 1991–92 82 55 27 .671 1st in Midwest 16 9 7 .563 Lost in Conf. Finals
Utah 1992–93 82 47 35 .573 3rd in Midwest 5 2 3 .400 Lost in First round
Utah 1993–94 82 53 29 .646 3rd in Midwest 16 8 8 .500 Lost in Conf. Finals
Utah 1994–95 82 60 22 .732 2nd in Midwest 5 2 3 .400 Lost in First round
Utah 1995–96 82 55 27 .671 2nd in Midwest 18 10 8 .556 Lost in Conf. Finals
Utah 1996–97 82 64 18 .780 1st in Midwest 20 13 7 .650 Lost in NBA Finals
Utah 1997–98 82 62 20 .756 1st in Midwest 20 13 7 .650 Lost in NBA Finals
Utah 1998–99 50 37 13 .740 2nd in Midwest 11 5 6 .455 Lost in Conf. Semi-finals
Utah 1999–00 82 55 27 .671 1st in Midwest 10 4 6 .400 Lost in Conf. Semi-finals
Utah 2000–01 82 53 29 .646 2nd in Midwest 5 2 3 .400 Lost in First round
Utah 2001–02 82 44 38 .537 4th in Midwest 4 1 3 .250 Lost in First round
Utah 2002–03 82 47 35 .573 4th in Midwest 5 1 4 .200 Lost in First round
Utah 2003–04 82 42 40 .512 7th in Midwest — — — — Missed Playoffs
Utah 2004–05 82 26 56 .317 5th in Northwest — — — — Missed Playoffs
Utah 2005–06 82 41 41 .500 2nd in Northwest — — — — Missed Playoffs
Utah 2006–07 82 51 31 .622 1st in Northwest 17 9 8 .529 Lost in Conf. Finals
Utah 2007–08 82 54 28 .659 1st in Northwest 12 6 6 .500 Lost in Conf. Semi-finals
Utah 2008–09 82 48 34 .585 3rd in Northwest 5 1 4 .200 Lost in First round
Utah 2009–10 82 53 29 .646 2nd in Northwest 10 4 6 .400 Lost in Conf. Semi-finals
Utah 2010–11 54 31 23 .574 (resigned) — — — — —
Career 2,024 1,221 803 .603 202 98 104 .485

Quotes edit

  • "These guys have been criticized the last few years for not getting to where we're going, but I've always said that the most important thing in sports is to keep trying. Let this be an example of what it means to say it's never over."—after the Utah Jazz defeated the Houston Rockets in game 6 of the 1997 Western Conference finals.[44]
  • "I don't care if he's 19 or 30. If he's going to be on the floor in the NBA, he's got to be able to step up and get after it. We can't put diapers on him one night, and a jockstrap the next night. It's just the way it is."—on second year guard C. J. Miles, the youngest player on the 2006–07 Utah Jazz.[45]
  • "Size doesn't make any difference; heart is what makes a difference."[12]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Gregg Popovich, Pat Riley and Phil Jackson are the others.

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For the American aviator see Jerri Sloan Truhill Gerald Eugene Sloan March 28 1942 May 22 2020 was an American professional basketball player and coach He played 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association NBA before beginning a 30 year coaching career 23 of which were spent as head coach of the Utah Jazz 1988 2011 NBA commissioner David Stern referred to Sloan as one of the greatest and most respected coaches in NBA history 1 Sloan was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009 2 Jerry SloanSloan with the Chicago Bulls in 1969Personal informationBorn 1942 03 28 March 28 1942McLeansboro Illinois U S DiedMay 22 2020 2020 05 22 aged 78 Salt Lake City Utah U S Listed height6 ft 5 in 1 96 m Listed weight195 lb 88 kg Career informationHigh schoolMcLeansboro McLeansboro Illinois CollegeEvansville 1962 1965 NBA draft1965 1st round 4th overall pickSelected by the Baltimore BulletsPlaying career1965 1976PositionShooting guardNumber14 4Coaching career1978 2011Career historyAs player 1965 1966Baltimore Bullets1966 1976Chicago BullsAs coach 1978 1979Chicago Bulls assistant 1979 1982Chicago Bulls1985 1988Utah Jazz assistant 1988 2011Utah JazzCareer highlights and awardsAs player 2 NBA All Star 1967 1969 4 NBA All Defensive First Team 1969 1972 1974 1975 2 NBA All Defensive Second Team 1970 1971 No 4 retired by Chicago Bulls 2 ICC Player of the Year 1963 1965 3 First team All ICC 1963 1965 No 52 jersey retired by Evansville Purple AcesAs coach Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award 2017 Top 15 Coaches in NBA History No 1223 retired by Utah Jazz Indiana Sports Hall of Fame 2020 Career playing statisticsPoints10 571 14 0 ppg Rebounds5 615 7 4 rpg Assists1 925 2 5 apg Stats at NBA comStats at Basketball Reference comCareer coaching recordNBA1 221 803 603 Basketball Hall of Fame as coachMedals Assistant coach for United Statesmen s national basketball teamOlympic Games1996 Atlanta TeamAfter playing college basketball with the Evansville Purple Aces Sloan was selected by the Baltimore Bullets with the fourth overall pick of the 1965 NBA draft He spent his rookie season with the Bullets before playing the remainder of his career with the Chicago Bulls retiring due to injuries in 1976 Nicknamed the Original Bull he was a two time NBA All Star a six time member of the All Defensive Team and the first player to have his number retired by the Bulls Sloan then became a coach and had a career regular season win loss record of 1 221 803 placing him third all time in NBA wins at the time he retired 3 He was the fifth coach to reach 1 000 NBA victories and is one of two coaches in NBA history to record 1 000 wins with one club the Utah Jazz Sloan coached the Jazz to 15 consecutive playoff appearances from 1989 to 2003 He is one of only four coaches in NBA history with 15 plus consecutive seasons that have a winning record a 3 He led Utah to the NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998 but lost to Chicago both times After Tom Kelly stepped down as manager of the Minnesota Twins in Major League Baseball in 2001 Sloan became the longest tenured head coach in American major league sports with their current franchise He resigned mid season from the Jazz in 2011 before returning in 2013 as an adviser and scouting consultant Contents 1 Early life 2 College career 3 Professional career 4 Coaching career 4 1 Utah Jazz 4 1 1 Resignation as Jazz head coach 4 1 2 Return to the Jazz 5 Personal life and death 6 Career statistics 6 1 Playing 6 2 Coaching 7 Quotes 8 Notes 9 References 10 External linksEarly life editBorn and raised in Gobbler s Knob Illinois 15 miles 24 km south of McLeansboro 4 Sloan was the youngest of 10 children and was raised by a single mother after his father died when Jerry was 4 years old He would wake up at 4 30 a m to do farm chores and then walk almost two miles to get to school in time for 7 a m basketball practice After school he would walk back home from practice Sloan graduated an all state player from McLeansboro High School in 1960 5 College career edit nbsp Sloan playing for Evansville in 1965Sloan played college basketball for the Evansville Purple Aces from 1962 to 1965 where he was named the Indiana Collegiate Conference ICC Player of the Year in 1963 and 1965 and a three time first team All ICC selection 6 He was chosen as the 19th overall pick in the 1964 NBA draft by the Baltimore Bullets but he remained in college and led the Purple Aces to their second in two consecutive Division II national titles Professional career editSloan was selected fourth in the 1965 NBA draft by the Baltimore Bullets The Chicago Bulls an expansion team selected Sloan in the 1966 NBA expansion draft He became known as the Original Bull known for his tenacious defense leading them to the playoffs in their first season and to their first and only division title before the Michael Jordan era after a series of knee injuries he retired in 1976 He averaged more than 18 points a game in 1970 71 and over 15 points per game three other seasons 7 Despite his height of only 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m his career rebounding average was 7 4 rebounds per game with one season having an average of 9 1 rebounds He was a career 72 percent free throw shooter 8 His number 4 jersey was subsequently retired by the Chicago Bulls in 1978 becoming the first retired jersey in franchise history 9 Coaching career editWhile at Evansville coach Arad McCutchan suggested that Sloan coach at his alma mater After retiring in 1976 Sloan took the Evansville job but withdrew after five days 10 That same season the Evansville basketball team and coaching staff were killed in a plane crash at Evansville Airport 11 nbsp Jerry SloanTwo years later Sloan was hired by the Bulls as a scout 12 After one season in this role he became an assistant coach with the team In 1979 Sloan was promoted to the position of head coach He held the position for less than three seasons winning 94 games and losing 121 He led the team to the playoffs in his second year but was fired after a poor start during the following campaign 13 Utah Jazz edit After departing Chicago Sloan became a scout for the Utah Jazz for one season He then became coach of the Evansville Thunder of the Continental Basketball Association for the 1984 season but never coached a game instead accepting an assistant coach position with the Jazz After Frank Layden became team president in December 1988 the Jazz chose Sloan as the new head coach 14 Sloan enjoyed a successful run of 16 consecutive seasons of taking his team to the playoffs during which time he coached future Hall of Famers Karl Malone and John Stockton along with other players including Jeff Hornacek Antoine Carr Tom Chambers Mark Eaton and Jeff Malone 15 Sloan led the Jazz to six division championships and 10 seasons with greater than 50 wins He also took the Jazz to the NBA Finals twice losing in 1997 and 1998 both times to his old team the Chicago Bulls led at the time by Michael Jordan By the end of this period he had joined Pat Riley and Phil Jackson as the only coaches with 10 or more seasons winning 50 or more games After the retirement of long time Jazz players Malone and Stockton Sloan coached a younger group of players including Carlos Boozer Andrei Kirilenko Mehmet Okur and later Deron Williams 16 After John Stockton retired and Karl Malone signed with the Lakers in the summer of 2003 the 2003 2004 Jazz were widely predicted to be the worst team in the NBA 17 and some even predicted that Utah would set the all time single season record for fewest wins in a season 18 Despite the very low expectations and despite second leading scorer Matt Harpring being sidelined for 51 games due to a knee injury Sloan and his team were involved in a battle for the eighth spot in the Western Conference which would have given Sloan his 17th straight trip to the playoffs The Jazz were tied with the Denver Nuggets for the eighth and last spot of the playoffs with three games to go in the regular season The Jazz lost the final two games causing Sloan to miss the playoffs for the first time in 18 seasons as Jazz coach After leading a young team in its first year without Stockton and Malone to an unexpected 42 40 record he finished just behind Hubie Brown of the Memphis Grizzlies in voting for the 2004 NBA Coach of the Year Award 19 Sloan collected his 1 000th career win against the Dallas Mavericks on December 11 2006 in a 101 79 victory which made him only the fifth coach in NBA history to reach the milestone 20 After disappointing seasons in 2004 05 and 2005 06 the Jazz in the 2006 07 returned to contention For this Sloan was again on many sportswriters ballots for Coach of the Year however he lost the award to Toronto Raptors head coach Sam Mitchell who led his team to a franchise record tying 47 victories and their first Atlantic Division title Sloan lost the vote 394 301 21 nbsp Sloan as a coach of the Utah Jazz in 2010The Jazz advanced to the Western Conference finals on May 15 2007 with a 100 87 win over the Golden State Warriors It was the sixth time in franchise history that Utah advanced to the conference finals all coming under Sloan However they went on to lose 4 1 to the San Antonio Spurs 15 During the 2008 09 season Sloan reached 1 000 wins as coach of the Jazz on November 7 after beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 104 97 in a Friday night game He became the first coach in NBA history with 1 000 wins for one team 22 Sloan returned as head coach of the Jazz for the 2009 10 season leading the team to a 53 29 record and the playoffs Mirroring his tenacity as a player Sloan was just as fiery as a coach He was suspended one game for pushing referee Bob Delaney in April 1993 A decade later Sloan was served a seven game suspension in 2003 for pushing referee Courtney Kirkland in Sacramento 23 In April 2009 Sloan was named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in the same class as his former longtime point guard John Stockton Sloan chose the class of 2006 Hall of Famer Charles Barkley to introduce him during his induction ceremony 24 Resignation as Jazz head coach edit Sloan revealed on February 7 2011 that he had earlier in the year signed a contract extension to coach the Jazz for the 2011 12 season which would have been his 24th season as head coach with the Jazz 25 However on February 10 2011 Sloan and assistant Phil Johnson resigned their positions effective immediately 26 Sloan downplayed reports that conflicts with players prompted his departure I ve had confrontations with players since I ve been in the league Sloan said There s only so much energy left and my energy has dropped KSL TV later asked Sloan whether reported conflicts with guard Deron Williams forced him to leave I forced myself out Sloan responded 27 Williams acknowledged that he had a disagreement with Sloan during the previous night s game but he added I would never force Coach Sloan out of Utah He s meant more to this town more to this organization than I have by far I would have asked out of Utah first 28 Sloan s last game as head coach came in a 91 86 loss to the Bulls on February 9 and assistant coach Tyrone Corbin was then named as Sloan s replacement 3 He was stubborn you have to be as a coach But he had a system and the system was effective It s not easy to have a team in Utah It s not the biggest draw in the country as far as free agents to go there and they were able to have a really great home record played the kind of basketball that was admirable So we all had admiration for him as coaches around the league So as a colleague we ll miss him Phil Jackson former Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers head coach 1 Nearly two weeks later Williams was involved in a trade on February 23 2011 that sent him to the New Jersey Nets 29 Ian Thomsen of Sports Illustrated wrote First Jerry Sloan leaves now Williams is sent away For two decades we knew who the Utah Jazz were and what they stood for as a franchise Now we and they can have no idea 30 A year later Karl Malone who played under Sloan for over 18 years indicated that Sloan did not feel supported by Kevin O Connor and Greg Miller 31 Longtime San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich would later mention him as a mentor for his overall coaching success in the NBA 32 Return to the Jazz edit On June 19 2013 the Utah Jazz announced that Sloan was returning as an adviser and scouting consultant 33 On January 31 2014 the Jazz honored Sloan by raising a banner featuring the number 1223 which represents Sloan s total number of combined regular season and playoff wins with the Jazz from 1988 to 2011 34 Personal life and death editSloan married his high school sweetheart Bobbye After a much publicized six year battle against breast cancer she died of pancreatic cancer in 2004 35 They had three children and were married 41 years In 2006 Sloan married Tammy Jessop in Salt Lake City Sloan had a stepson Rhett as a result of this marriage 36 Sloan was known to wear John Deere hats 4 and collected antique furniture and dolls 8 He also collected and restored tractors as a hobby 37 After amassing a collection of tractors that numbered 70 Sloan decided to sell all but two of them after a 35 year old Allis Chalmers tractor was stolen 38 39 In April 2016 Sloan was diagnosed with Parkinson s disease and Lewy body dementia 40 He died on May 22 2020 at age 78 from complications of the diseases 41 Career statistics editLegend GP Games played GS Games started MPG Minutes per game FG Field goal percentage 3P 3 point field goal percentage FT Free throw percentage RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career highPlaying edit NBA regular season playing statistics 42 Year Team GP GS MPG FG FT RPG APG SPG BPG PPG1965 66 Baltimore 59 16 1 415 705 3 9 1 9 5 71966 67 Chicago 80 36 8 432 796 9 1 2 1 17 41967 68 Chicago 77 31 9 385 749 7 7 3 0 13 31968 69 Chicago 78 37 7 417 745 7 9 3 5 16 81969 70 Chicago 53 34 4 421 651 7 0 3 1 15 61970 71 Chicago 80 39 3 441 715 8 8 3 5 18 31971 72 Chicago 82 37 0 444 660 8 4 2 6 16 21972 73 Chicago 69 35 0 411 707 6 9 2 2 10 11973 74 Chicago 77 37 1 447 711 7 2 1 9 2 4 1 13 21974 75 Chicago 78 33 0 439 748 6 9 2 1 2 2 2 12 21975 76 Chicago 22 28 0 400 705 5 3 1 0 1 2 2 10 1Career 755 34 1 427 722 7 4 2 5 2 2 2 14 0All Star 2 1 20 0 353 000 3 5 2 0 6 0NBA playoff playing statistics 42 Year Team GP MPG FG FT RPG APG SPG BPG PPG1966 Baltimore 2 17 0 417 750 8 0 3 0 6 51967 Chicago 3 23 7 387 667 3 3 3 10 01968 Chicago 5 27 4 324 760 6 4 2 4 8 61970 Chicago 5 38 0 392 640 7 8 2 2 14 81971 Chicago 7 40 6 436 739 9 0 2 4 17 01972 Chicago 4 42 5 406 579 8 8 2 5 15 81973 Chicago 7 41 7 437 737 8 4 2 0 14 91974 Chicago 6 40 0 443 759 10 3 2 0 1 2 2 16 71975 Chicago 13 36 2 460 556 7 4 2 0 1 5 0 13 1Career 52 36 3 427 677 7 9 2 1 1 4 1 13 8Coaching edit Legend Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W L Win loss Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW L Playoff win loss NBA coaching record 43 Team Year G W L W L Finish PG PW PL PW L ResultChicago 1979 80 82 30 52 366 4th in Midwest Missed PlayoffsChicago 1980 81 82 45 37 549 2nd in Central 6 2 4 333 Lost in Conf Semi finalsChicago 1981 82 51 19 32 373 fired Utah 1988 89 65 40 25 615 1st in Midwest 3 0 3 000 Lost in First roundUtah 1989 90 82 55 27 671 2nd in Midwest 5 2 3 400 Lost in First roundUtah 1990 91 82 54 28 659 2nd in Midwest 9 4 5 444 Lost in Conf Semi finalsUtah 1991 92 82 55 27 671 1st in Midwest 16 9 7 563 Lost in Conf FinalsUtah 1992 93 82 47 35 573 3rd in Midwest 5 2 3 400 Lost in First roundUtah 1993 94 82 53 29 646 3rd in Midwest 16 8 8 500 Lost in Conf FinalsUtah 1994 95 82 60 22 732 2nd in Midwest 5 2 3 400 Lost in First roundUtah 1995 96 82 55 27 671 2nd in Midwest 18 10 8 556 Lost in Conf FinalsUtah 1996 97 82 64 18 780 1st in Midwest 20 13 7 650 Lost in NBA FinalsUtah 1997 98 82 62 20 756 1st in Midwest 20 13 7 650 Lost in NBA FinalsUtah 1998 99 50 37 13 740 2nd in Midwest 11 5 6 455 Lost in Conf Semi finalsUtah 1999 00 82 55 27 671 1st in Midwest 10 4 6 400 Lost in Conf Semi finalsUtah 2000 01 82 53 29 646 2nd in Midwest 5 2 3 400 Lost in First roundUtah 2001 02 82 44 38 537 4th in Midwest 4 1 3 250 Lost in First roundUtah 2002 03 82 47 35 573 4th in Midwest 5 1 4 200 Lost in First roundUtah 2003 04 82 42 40 512 7th in Midwest Missed PlayoffsUtah 2004 05 82 26 56 317 5th in Northwest Missed PlayoffsUtah 2005 06 82 41 41 500 2nd in Northwest Missed PlayoffsUtah 2006 07 82 51 31 622 1st in Northwest 17 9 8 529 Lost in Conf FinalsUtah 2007 08 82 54 28 659 1st in Northwest 12 6 6 500 Lost in Conf Semi finalsUtah 2008 09 82 48 34 585 3rd in Northwest 5 1 4 200 Lost in First roundUtah 2009 10 82 53 29 646 2nd in Northwest 10 4 6 400 Lost in Conf Semi finalsUtah 2010 11 54 31 23 574 resigned Career 2 024 1 221 803 603 202 98 104 485Quotes editThis page is a candidate for copying over to Wikiquote using the Transwiki process If the page can be expanded into an encyclopedic article rather than a list of quotations please do so and remove this message These guys have been criticized the last few years for not getting to where we re going but I ve always said that the most important thing in sports is to keep trying Let this be an example of what it means to say it s never over after the Utah Jazz defeated the Houston Rockets in game 6 of the 1997 Western Conference finals 44 I don t care if he s 19 or 30 If he s going to be on the floor in the NBA he s got to be able to step up and get after it We can t put diapers on him one night and a jockstrap the next night It s just the way it is on second year guard C J Miles the youngest player on the 2006 07 Utah Jazz 45 Size doesn t make any difference heart is what makes a difference 12 Notes edit Gregg Popovich Pat Riley and Phil Jackson are the others References edit a b Abrams Jonathan February 11 2011 N B A Dean of Coaches Resigns Abruptly The New York Times p B9 Archived from the original on February 12 2011 Ross Siler April 4 2009 Utah Local News Salt Lake City News Sports Archive The Salt Lake Tribune The Salt Lake Tribune Archived from the original on October 3 2012 Retrieved July 26 2012 a b c Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan resigns ESPN com February 10 2011 Retrieved February 10 2011 a b McCallum Jack February 10 2011 Sloan s straightforward approach and his winning never changed SI com Archived from the original on February 14 2011 10 Things You Need To Know about Utah Jazz Coach Jerry Sloan Bleacher Report Retrieved July 26 2012 2008 09 Evansville Purple Aces Media Guide PDF University of Evansville Athletics Retrieved June 25 2020 Jerry Sloan Basketball Reference com Archived from the original on May 31 2020 Retrieved May 22 2020 a b Monson Gordon July 16 2019 Monson Pay a sweet silent tribute to Jerry Sloan as the once fierce lion s eyes grow sleepy The Salt Lake Tribune Archived from the original on July 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Jerry Sloan NBA com Retrieved May 22 2020 Sloan Earns 1000th Win NBA com Retrieved February 10 2011 ESPN Mitchell edges Sloan for coaching honor NBA ESPN com May 22 2007 Retrieved July 26 2012 Sloan first coach with 1 000 wins for one team after Jazz victory Sportsline com June 11 2008 Archived from the original on February 3 2013 Retrieved July 26 2012 Sloan suspended for shoving official Sports Illustrated December 19 2013 Genessy Jody September 9 2009 Utah Jazz Stockton choose Isiah Sloan picks Barkley as HOF presenters Deseret News Retrieved May 3 2012 Howard Cooper Scott February 7 2011 Sloan Signs One Year Extension NBA Archived from the original on February 9 2011 Jerry Sloan resigns as Jazz head coach ksl com Retrieved July 26 2012 Berkes Howard February 10 2011 Jerry Sloan The Longest Serving Pro Sports Coach Resigns NPR org Archived from the original on February 14 2011 Sloan steps down as Jazz coach MercuryNews com MediaNews Group Associated Press February 10 2011 Archived from the original on August 15 2011 Deron Williams Basketball Reference com Retrieved May 3 2012 Thomsen Ian February 23 2011 Williams trade reflects extreme times in NBA right now Sports Illustrated Retrieved May 3 2012 Monson Gordon February 3 2012 A year later Karl Malone calls out the Jazz on Jerry Sloan s exit Salt Lake Tribune Retrieved February 3 2012 McDonald Ryan December 21 2017 Jazz notes Gregg Popovich calls Jerry Sloan a mentor Utah makes roster change Deseret News Luhm Steve June 20 2013 Utah Jazz Jerry Sloan rejoins organization as senior adviser The Salt Lake Tribune Retrieved May 24 2020 Lea Bill January 27 2014 Jazz to Raise 1223 Banner to Honor Jerry Sloan UtahJazz com NBA Media Ventures LLC Retrieved May 24 2020 Bobbye Sloan dies after battle with cancer NBA ESPN com June 18 2004 Retrieved July 26 2012 Jerry Sloan remarries 121s com Archived from the original on July 16 2012 Retrieved July 26 2012 Devine Dan Video Utah Jazz fan honors Jerry Sloan with tractor tattoo Ball Don t Lie Yahoo Sports Retrieved July 26 2012 Freeman Eric August 3 2011 Jerry Sloan sold 68 of his 70 tractors Yahoo Sports Retrieved May 3 2012 Rock Brad August 3 2012 A nother housecleaning for Jerry Sloan Deseret News Retrieved May 3 2012 Jeff Zillgitt April 7 2016 Former Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan suffering from Parkinson s disease USA Today Retrieved April 28 2016 Hall of Fame coach Jerry Sloan passes away at 78 NBA com Press release NBA Media Ventures LLC May 22 2020 Retrieved May 24 2020 a b Jerry Sloan Basketball Reference Archived from the original on May 31 2020 Retrieved May 23 2020 Jerry Sloan Basketball Reference Archived from the original on May 27 2020 Retrieved May 23 2020 Classic NBA Quotes Winning and Losing NBA com Retrieved July 26 2012 Tim Buckley November 5 2006 Jazz erase 15 point deficit to douse Suns Deseret News Archived from the original on December 5 2007 Retrieved July 26 2012 External links editOfficial NBA com bio Jerry Sloan at the Naismith 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