Basketball coach Jerry Sloan, who guided the Utah Jazz during their glory days, dies aged 78 after suffering from Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia
FILE PHOTO: Former Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan answers questions from the media after announcing his resignation from the Jazz in Salt Lake City, Utah, February 10, 2011.
“Before coming to Utah, I was certainly aware of Coach Sloan and what he meant to the NBA and to the coaching world,” Jazz coach Quin Snyder said Friday. “But, upon living in Utah, I became acutely aware of just how much he truly meant to the state.” And he was revered as a player with the Bulls, and his No. 4 jersey was the first retired by the franchise.
Sloan retired as coach of the Jazz abruptly in 2011, amid reports of conflict with Deron Williams, the team's point guard at the time. Williams, in an Instagram post-Friday, said he was “blessed" to play for Sloan. Had he not left Evansville, Sloan could have easily been on that plane. And he thought about that countless times over the next four decades.
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