NBA Utah Jazz Head Coach Jerry Sloan Resigns...

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NBA COMMISSIONER DAVID STERN STATEMENT ON THE RESIGNATION OF UTAH JAZZ HEAD
COACH JERRY SLOAN

NEW YORK, February 10, 2011 – NBA Commissioner David Stern issued the
following statement on the resignation of Utah Jazz Hall of Fame Head Coach
Jerry Sloan:

"Few people have epitomized all the positives of team sports more than
Jerry Sloan.  A basketball lifer, Jerry was as relentless in his will to
win on the sidelines for the Utah Jazz as he was as an All-Star guard for
the Chicago Bulls. In over two decades as a coach, he taught his players
that nothing was more important than the team.  His most impressive
qualities were his leadership and his extraordinary ability to encourage
his players to subjugate their individual games for the benefit of the
whole. Two trips to The Finals and over 1,200 regular-season victories more
than validate his philosophy. Jerry moves on having established himself as
one of the greatest and most respected coaches in NBA history. I and the
rest of the NBA family wish him great success and happiness as he moves to
the next chapter of his life."