VivaOke -"Jerry Sloan is the Utah Jazz. Five current NBA teams (Charlotte, Memphis, Toronto, Orlando and Minnesota) did not even exist when Sloan was hired by the Jazz.
Sloan stepped down Thursday with 1,127 wins as Jazz coach and 1,221 overall (including his short stint in Chicago). "I would never force coach Sloan out of Utah,'' Williams said, deriding the media for twisting stories. "What will Sloan miss?
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Sloan began working for the Jazz as a scout in 1983, became assistant to coach Frank Layden on Nov. 19, 1984, and was named the sixth coach in franchise history on Dec. 9, 1988, when Layden resigned.
Sloan's other wins came with the Chicago Bulls from 1979 to 1982.
"Be yourself,'' Sloan said
Sloan quipped that he got it half-right.
Jerry Sloan and longtime top assistant coach Phil Johnson will leave the Utah Jazz today, as first reported by the Utah radio station KSL, ending their 23-year tenure leading the Jazz.
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