Jerry Sloan
Jerry Sloan was born in McLeansboro, Illinois, United States on March 28th, 1942 and is the Basketball Coach. At the age of 78, Jerry Sloan biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Gerald Eugene Sloan (born March 28, 1942) is an American former National Basketball Association player and head coach as well as a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Sloan was dubbed "one of the most respected coaches in NBA history" by former NBA commissioner David Stern.
Sloan won his third straight-season victory over 1,221–803, his third all-time appearance in NBA victories at the time he retired.
Sloan was the fifth coach in NBA history to win 1,000 games (the Utah Jazz) and one of two NBA coaches to win 1,000 games with a single team (the Utah Jazz).
He has worked with one team for longer than anyone in NBA history.
The 2009–10 season was his 22nd season (and 21st complete season) as the Jazz's coach.
Sloan guided the Jazz from 1989 to 2003 in 15 straight playoff appearances.
Despite the fact that he never received a Coach of the Year award, he is one of only four coaches in NBA history with 15-plus seasons (Gregg Popovich, Pat Riley, and Phil Jackson are among the others).
In 1997 and 1998, he led Utah to the NBA Finals, but the Chicago Bulls defeated him both times. Sloan was the longest-tenured head coach in American major league sports when Tom Kelly resigned as the Minnesota Twins manager in Major League Baseball in 2001.
He resigned on February 10, 2011.
Sloan was back as an advisor and scouting consultant on June 19, 2013.
Early life
Sloan was born and raised in Gobbler's Knob, Illinois, 15 miles (24 km) south of McLeansboro, Illinois, and was raised by a single parent after his father died when Jerry was 4 years old. He'll wake up at 4:30 a.m. to do farm chores and then walk almost two miles to get to school in time for 7 a.m. basketball practice. He'll walk home from school after school. In 1960, Sloan graduated from McLeansboro High School as an all-state player.
Personal life and death
Bobbye, Sloan's high-school sweetheart, married him. She died of pancreatic cancer in 2004 after a long publicized six-year fight against breast cancer. They had three children and were married 41 years ago.
Jerry Sloan married Tammy Jessop in Salt Lake City in 2006. Rhett, Sloan's stepson, was born as a result of the couple's union.
Sloan was known to wear John Deere hats, gathered antique furniture, and dolls. He also collected and restored tractors as a hobby. Sloan sold all but two of them after a 35-year-old Allis-Chalmers tractor was stolen from a collection of tractors numbered 70.
Sloan was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia in April 2016. He died on May 22, 2020, at the age of 78, from a combination of the diseases.
College career
Sloan played basketball for the Evansville Purple Aces from 1962 to 1965, where he was named Player of the Year in 1963 and 1965 and a three-time All-ICC pick. He was drafted as the 19th overall pick in the 1964 NBA draft by the Baltimore Bullets, but the Purple Aces continued in college and led the Purple Aces to their second title in two straight Division II national championships.
Playing career
The Baltimore Bullets drafted Sloan fourth in the 1965 NBA draft. In the 1966 NBA expansion draft, the Chicago Bulls, an expansion team, selected Sloan. He became known as "the Original Bull" for his tenacious defense, leading them to the playoffs in their first season and their first and only division title before the Michael Jordan era; after a string of knee injuries, he retired in 1976. In 1970–71, he averaged more than 18 points in a game, and more than 15 points per game three other seasons. Despite his height of only 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m), his career rebounding average was 7.4 rebounds per game, with one season seeing an average of 9.1 rebounds. He was a lifetime free throw shooter at 75%. In 1978, his number 4 jersey was first retired jersey in franchise history, becoming the first retired jersey in franchise history.
Coaching career
Coach Arad McCutchan suggested that Sloan coach at his alma mater when he was in Evansville. Sloan was a student at the University of Evansville in 1976 but had to leave after five days. In a plane crash at Evansville Airport earlier this year, the Evansville basketball team and teaching staff were killed. Sloan was hired by the Bulls as a scout two years ago. He began as an assistant coach with the team after just one season in this position. Sloan was appointed as the head coach in 1979. He was in his position for fewer than three seasons, winning 94 games and losing 121. In his second year, he led the team to the playoffs, but after a rough start to the following season, he was fired. Sloan was a Scout for the Utah Jazz for one season after leaving Chicago. For the 1984-19 basketball season, he was named head coach of the Evansville Thunder of the Continental Basketball Association, but he never coached a game rather accepting an assistant coach position with the Jazz. The Jazz selected Sloan as the new head coach after Frank Layden took over as team president in December 1988. Sloan had a fruitful run to the playoffs for 16 seasons, during which he worked with future Hall of Famers Karl Malone and John Stockton, Tom Chambers, Mark Eaton, and Jeff Malone. Sloan coached the Jazz to six division championships and ten seasons with greater than 50 wins. He has also led the Jazz to the NBA Finals twice, losing in 1997 and 1998, both times to his old team, the Chicago Bulls, which was led by Michael Jordan. He had joined Pat Riley and Phil Jackson as the only coaches with ten or more seasons winning 50 or more games by the end of this season. Sloan coached a younger group of players, including Carlos Boozer, Andrei Kirilenko, Mehmet Okur, and later, Deron Williams, after the retirement of long-time Jazz players Malone and Stockton. The 2003-2004 Jazz were widely predicted to be the worst team in the NBA after John Stockton and Karl Malone joined the Lakers in the summer of 2003, and some even predicted that Utah would post the all-time single season record for the fewest wins in a season. Despite a low hopes and with second leading scorer Matt Harpring out of 51 games due to a knee injury, Sloan and his team were involved in a fight for the eighth spot in the Western Conference, which would have handed Sloan his 17th straight trip to the playoffs. With three games remaining in the regular season, the Jazz and the Denver Nuggets tied for the eighth and last position of the playoffs. For the first time in 18 seasons as Jazz coach, the Jazz lost the final two games, causing Sloan to miss the playoffs for the first time in 18 seasons. In 2005, he came in second in the fourth year without Stockton and Malone, giving the fourth NBA Coach of the Year Award to Hubie Brown of the Memphis Grizzlies.
In a 101–79 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on December 11, 2006, Sloan earned his 1,000th career victory over the Mavericks, making him the fifth coach in NBA history to win the championship. The Jazz in the 2006–07 season, after a string of disappointing seasons in 2004–05 and 2005–06, has returned to glory. Sloan appeared on many sportswriter's ballots for Coach of the Year again this year, but he missed out on the award to Toronto Raptors head coach Sam Mitchell, who led his team to a franchise record-tying 47 victories and their first Atlantic Division title. Sloan lost the election by 301-301.
The Jazz won the Western Conference finals on May 15, 2007, beating the Golden State Warriors 100–87. Utah reached the conference finals for the sixth time in franchise history, under Sloan. However, the San Antonio Spurs lost 4–1 on the San Antonio Spurs.
Sloan won 1,000 victories as coach of the Jazz on November 7, after defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder 104–97 in a Friday night game during the 2008–09 season. With 1,000 wins for one team, he became the first coach in NBA history. Sloan was back as head coach of the Jazz during the 2009-10 season, leading the team to a 53-29 record and the playoffs.
Sloan was just as passionate as a mentor as a player, mirroring his tenacity as a player. In April 1993, he was suspended for one game for arguing referee Bob Delaney. Sloan was banned from playing referee Courtney Kirkland in Sacramento for a decade.
Sloan was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in April 2009, in the same class as his former longtime point guard John Stockton. During his induction ceremony, Sloan selected Charles Barkley from the Class of 2006.