Jerry Sloan


Gerald Eugene Jerry Sloan is an American former National Basketball Association player and head coach, and a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame. Former NBA commissioner David Stern called Sloan one of the greatest and most respected coaches in NBA history. Sloan had a career regularseason winloss record of 1,221803, placing him third alltime in NBA wins at the time he retired. Sloan was only the fifth coach in NBA history to reach 1,000 victories and is one of two coaches in NBA history to record 1,000 wins with one club . He also coached for one team longer than anyone in NBA history. The 200910 season was his 22nd season as coach of the Jazz. Sloan coached the Jazz toconsecutive playoff appearances from 19892003. Although he never won a Coach of the Year award, he is one of only four coaches in NBA history with 15plus consecutive seasons with a winning record . He led Utah to the NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998, but lost to the Chicago Bulls both times.

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