Jerry Sloan

Sloan in 2008
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
Drafted by	Baltimore Bullets
Playing career	1965–1976
Position	Shooting guard
Number	14, 4
Coaching career	1978–2011
Career history
Playing
1965–1966	Baltimore Bullets
1966–1976	Chicago Bulls
Coaching
1977–1978	Chicago Bulls (assistant)
1979–1982	Chicago Bulls
1985–1988	Utah Jazz (assistant)
1988–2011	Utah Jazz
Career highlights
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 2× NCAA College Division champion (1964, 1965) 2× NCAA College Division Tournament MOP (1964, 1965) 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
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
Career coaching record
NBA	1,221–803 (.603)
Record at Basketball Reference
Basketball Hall of Fame
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.

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