Posted on 02/10/2011 11:18:08 AM PST by Hoffer Rand
SALT LAKE CITY - KSL Sports has learned through sources that a press conference will be held later today at which time Jazz Coach Jerry Sloan and assistant Phil Johnson will resign their positions effective immediately.
Sloan was an assistant to Jazz Coach Frank Layden and then took over the team when Layden retired in 1988. Sloan took the Jazz to the playoffs in 16 consecutive seasons and coached the Jazz in the NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998. They lost both series to Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls.
There's still no word as to why the coach's have decided to resign, but those questions should be answered at the press conference expected later today.
That’s too bad...Sloan was a decent coach, who probably deserved a title ring.
The Stockton/Malone pick and roll was amazing to watch.
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