For the American aviator, see Jerri Sloan Truhill.
American basketball player and coach (1942–2020)
Jerry Sloan
Sloan with the Chicago Bulls in 1969
Personal information
Born
(1942-03-28)March 28, 1942 McLeansboro, Illinois, U.S.
Died
May 22, 2020(2020-05-22) (aged 78) Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight
195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school
McLeansboro (McLeansboro, Illinois)
College
Evansville (1962–1965)
NBA draft
1965: 1st round, 4th overall pick
Selected by the Baltimore Bullets
Playing career
1965–1976
Position
Shooting guard
Number
14, 4
Coaching career
1978–2011
Career history
As player:
1965–1966
Baltimore Bullets
1966–1976
Chicago Bulls
As coach:
1978–1979
Chicago Bulls (assistant)
1979–1982
Chicago Bulls
1985–1988
Utah Jazz (assistant)
1988–2011
Utah Jazz
Career highlights and awards
As 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
Chicago Bulls Ring of Honor
2× ICC Player of the Year (1963, 1965)
3× First-team All-ICC (1963–1965)
No. 52 jersey retired by Evansville Purple Aces
As coach:
Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award (2017)
Top 15 Coaches in NBA History
No. 1223 honored by Utah Jazz
Indiana Sports Hall of Fame (2020)
Career playing statistics
Points
10,571 (14.0 ppg)
Rebounds
5,615 (7.4 rpg)
Assists
1,925 (2.5 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Career coaching record
NBA
1,221–803 (.603)
Basketball Hall of Fame as coach
Medals
Assistant coach for United States
men's national basketball team
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta
Team
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]
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.
^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.
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