BASKETBALL PLAYER

Jerry Sloan

1942 - 2020

Photo of Jerry Sloan

Icon of person Jerry Sloan

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". Sloan was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jerry Sloan is the 101st most popular basketball player (down from 97th in 2019), the 6,483rd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,938th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Jerry Sloan by language

Loading...

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Jerry Sloan ranks 101 out of 1,757. Before him are Tatyana Ovechkina, Muggsy Bogues, Isiah Thomas, Tony Parker, Dick Boushka, and Wes Unseld. After him are Mike Barrett, Paul George, Aleksandar Petrović, John Johnson, Elvin Hayes, and Lenny Wilkens.

Most Popular Basketball Players in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Jerry Sloan ranks 402. Before him are Svetlana Gannushkina, Charmian Carr, Rosa von Praunheim, Eric Shinseki, Casimir Oyé-Mba, and Béla Károlyi. After him are Jean Ping, Susan Anspach, John Thaw, Klaus-Dieter Sieloff, Joe Lieberman, and Gustavo Peña. Among people deceased in 2020, Jerry Sloan ranks 389. Before him are Chung Won-shik, Aldo Aureggi, Maria Itkina, Yuri Bondarev, James Wolfensohn, and Kazım Ayvaz. After him are Jan Myrdal, Mário de Araújo Cabral, Pedro Casaldáliga, Jimmy Cobb, Ewa Demarczyk, and Adalet Ağaoğlu.

Others Born in 1942

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2020

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerry Sloan ranks 6,484 out of 20,380. Before him are Kvitka Cisyk (1953), Gladys West (1930), Ann Dowd (1956), Moses Gunn (1929), Gayle Rubin (1949), and Tom Welling (1977). After him are Jim Steinman (1947), Mike Espy (1953), Jackie Wilson (1934), Garrett Hardin (1915), James C. Scott (1936), and Amy Brenneman (1964).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Jerry Sloan ranks 62. Before him are Bobby Jones (1951), Charlie Scott (1948), Muggsy Bogues (1965), Isiah Thomas (1961), Dick Boushka (1934), and Wes Unseld (1946). After him are Mike Barrett (1943), Paul George (1990), John Johnson (1947), Elvin Hayes (1945), Lenny Wilkens (1937), and John Starks (1965).

American born Basketball Players

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous