CLEVELAND (June 8, 2016) – Legendary former Utah Jazz Head Coach Jerry Sloan has been named a co-recipient of the 2016 Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award the National Basketball Coaches Association announced today. Sloan, along with former Boston coach K.C. Jones, will be honored at halftime of tonight’s NBA Finals Game 3 in Cleveland.
“It is a special treat for me to be attending Game 3 of this exciting NBA Finals and to accept the 2016 NBA Coaches Association Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award, along with a fine gentleman and outstanding coach, K.C. Jones. Like Coach Daly, I loved coaching and did my best to approach the job with professionalism, the concept of team effort and always playing hard.