Jerry Sloan (Photo by JOHN G. MABANGLO/AFP via Getty Images)
NBA coaching legend Jerry Sloan has passed away. We remember him and his team’s battles with our Sacramento Kings.
NBA coaching legend Jerry Sloan passed away on Friday morning after a battle with Parkinson’s and dementia. Sloan coached the Utah Jazz through their glory years, sending multiple players to the Hall of Fame and making two NBA Finals appearances. His teams had plenty of epic battles with the Sacramento Kings, and both fan bases are in mourning today.
Sloan played professionally for 11 seasons in the 1960s and 1970s for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Bullets before become a scout in 1978.