(1932-01-05) January 5, 1932 (age 92) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Career information
High school
Fort Hamilton (Brooklyn, New York)
College
Niagara (1950–1953)
Coaching career
1968–1988
Career history
As coach:
1968–1976
Niagara
1976–1979
Atlanta Hawks (assistant)
1981–1988
Utah Jazz
1998–1999
Utah Starzz
Career highlights and awards
As coach:
NBA Coach of the Year (1984)
NBA All-Star Game head coach (1984)
J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (1984)
Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award (2019)
No. 1 retired by Utah Jazz
As executive:
NBA Executive of the Year (1984)
Career coaching record
NBA
277–294 (.485)
WNBA
4–11 (.267)
Francis Patrick Layden (born January 5, 1932) is an American former basketball coach and executive of the National Basketball Association's Utah Jazz as well as former head coach of the Women's National Basketball Association's Utah Starzz.
Francis Patrick Layden (born January 5, 1932) is an American former basketball coach and executive of the National Basketball Association's Utah Jazz as...
Jazz, FrankLayden, and a graduate of Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania, where he studied Business and Sports Management. Layden was the...
roll duos in NBA history. Led by coach Jerry Sloan, who took over from FrankLayden in 1988, they became one of the powerhouse teams of the 1990s, culminating...
J.E. (1994). Fire on Ice. Crown. p. 16. ISBN 9780525575313. Coffey, Frank; Layden, Joe (1994). Thin Ice: The Complete, Uncensored Story of Tonya Harding...
Layden may refer to: Elmer Layden, former Commissioner of the National Football League and head football coach at University of Notre Dame Frank Layden...
Masai Ujiri, who was born in England, won the award in 2013. Larry Bird, FrankLayden and Pat Riley join Red Auerbach as the only recipients to have also received...
championship in 1987, Harding finished fifth in Tacoma, Washington Coffey, Frank; Layden, Joe (1994). "Appendix B". Thin Ice: The Complete, Uncensored Story...
the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach, having been enshrined in 2009. FrankLayden, who coached the Jazz for eight seasons, is the only Jazz coach to have...
Elmer Francis Layden (May 4, 1903 – June 30, 1973) was an American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and professional sports executive...
game instead accepting an assistant coach position with the Jazz. After FrankLayden became team president in December 1988, the Jazz chose Sloan as the new...
Schaffel (1977–1978) Tom Willingham (1978–1979) FrankLayden (1979–1987) Dave Checketts (1987–1989) Scott Layden (1989–1999) Kevin O'Connor (1999–2012) Dennis...
Dallas. Instead, the Mavericks selected Detlef Schrempf. Under head coach FrankLayden, Malone averaged 14.9 points and 8.9 rebounds in his first season and...
Fran Harris Erin Alexander Adrienne Goodson Denise Taylor (1997–1998) FrankLayden (1998–1999) Fred Williams (1999–2001) Candi Harvey (2001–2002) Tim Howells...
Niagara, Brown was a teammate (and roommate) of former Utah Jazz coach FrankLayden, as well as Larry Costello and Charlie Hoxie, who would go on to star...
Schaffel (1977–1978) Tom Willingham (1978–1979) FrankLayden (1979–1987) Dave Checketts (1987–1989) Scott Layden (1989–1999) Kevin O'Connor (1999–2012) Dennis...
Retrieved December 17, 2022. Aschburner, Steve (June 2, 2019). "For FrankLayden, the 2019 Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award means ultimate validation"...
Schaffel (1977–1978) Tom Willingham (1978–1979) FrankLayden (1979–1987) Dave Checketts (1987–1989) Scott Layden (1989–1999) Kevin O'Connor (1999–2012) Dennis...
Charleston Lowgators of the NBDL as a player mentor. Corbin was hired by Scott Layden, then general manager of the New York Knicks, as manager of Knicks player...
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by broadcaster Marv Albert and former Utah Jazz coach and executive FrankLayden. The VHS release of the film was originally distributed free with a subscription...
30 points per game. By 1985, Dantley's relationship with head coach FrankLayden began to deteriorate. Dantley would be forced to miss the entire first...
"Feeley said the only one in the NBA he had called was FrankLayden at Utah. He said Frank said he couldn't take another big guy like this. He already...