Hall of Famer. Legend. Icon. The list could go on. There are countless ways to go about remembering someone who lived as fully as Jerry Sloan. But these numbers tell the story of his coaching career. (loung_s)
Legendary Hall of Fame head coach Jerry Sloan passed away Friday morning after a prolonged battle with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia at the age of 78., Sloan is one of the greatest NBA head coaches of all time. He leaves behind a standard-bearing legacy of excellence that has continued to endure more than nine years after he resigned from his position as head coach of the Jazz in Feb. 2011, marking the end of his NBA coaching career.
Alas, it wasn’t to be. But that doesn’t take away from the achievement of reaching the Finals, which, by itself, is an immensely difficult thing to do once — let alone twice straight.One of the most amazing facts about Sloan’s coaching career is that in the 26 seasons he was an NBA head coach, he only had three seasons with records below .500, two of which came during his three-season tenure at the helm of the Bulls — including when he was fired by Chicago mid-season in 1981-82.
They were: Artis Gilmore, Reggie Theus, Mark Eaton, John Stockton, Karl Malone, Andrei Kirilenko, Carlos Boozer, Mehmet Okur and Deron Williams.Between the 1988-89 season and the 2002-03 season, Sloan’s Jazz made the playoffs 15 straight seasons.
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