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List of Utah Jazz head coaches

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List of Utah Jazz head coaches
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The Jazz have played in Vivint Arena since 1991.

The Utah Jazz is an American professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

The team joined the NBA in 1974 as an expansion team called the New Orleans Jazz. The Jazz relocated to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1979. The Jazz have won two consecutive Western Conference championships in 1997 and 1998. The Jazz have played their home games at Vivint Arena, first known as Delta Center and then the EnergySolutions Arena, since 1991. The Jazz is owned by Ryan Smith.

There have been eight head coaches for the Jazz franchise. The franchise's first head coach was Scotty Robertson, who coached for 14 games. Jerry Sloan is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (1,673), the most regular-season game wins (1,043), the highest regular-season winning percentage (.623), the most playoff games coached (186), the most playoff-game wins (92), and the highest playoff winning percentage (.495). Sloan is the first coach to win over 1000 games with one NBA team, the leader for the most consecutive seasons coached with the same team in major professional sports history, having coached for 21 seasons with the Jazz, and the only Jazz coach to have been elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach, having been enshrined in 2009. Frank Layden, who coached the Jazz for eight seasons, is the only Jazz coach to have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award, having won it in the . Layden is also the only coach to have a number retired by the Jazz ("1" in 1988). Elgin Baylor and Layden have spent their entire NBA coaching careers with the Jazz. Sloan had been the head coach of the Jazz from 1988 until his retirement in 2011. From 2011 to the end of the 2013/2014 season the Jazz were coached by Tyrone Corbin. He was followed by Quin Snyder. The current coach is Will Hardy.

Key

Elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach

Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the .

#NameTermGCWLWin%GCWLWin%AchievementsReferenceRegular seasonPlayoffs
New Orleans Jazzborder=2}};"New Orleans Jazz
115114000
2*101000
3–17474100000
—*–22086134000
Utah Jazzborder=2}};"Utah Jazz
4–18460124000
5*–5712772944118231983–84 NBA Coach of the Year
Had the number 1 jersey retired by the Jazz in 1988
6–18091127682196961002 Western Conference championships (1997, 1998)
Most consecutive games coached with the same team in NBA history
First coach to have more than 1,000 wins with a single NBA team
7*–258112146404
8*–636372264512130
9–present24685161———

File:Frank Layden 1988-89.jpg|Frank Layden was the head coach of the Utah Jazz from to File:Jerry Sloan (cropped).jpg|Jerry Sloan was the head coach of the Utah Jazz from to , and led them to the NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998 File:Tyrone-Corbin-Salt-Lake-City-2013.jpg|Tyrone Corbin was the head coach of the Utah Jazz from to File:Quin Snyder.jpg|Quin Snyder was the head coach of the Utah Jazz from to File:Will Hardy.png|Will Hardy is the head coach of the Utah Jazz since

Notes

  • A running total of the number of coaches of the Jazz. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
  • Each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season.

References

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References

  1. "Facts & History". [[EnergySolutions Arena]].
  2. (28 October 2020). "Sources: Jazz being sold in $1.66B agreement".
  3. (November 7, 2008). "Jazz's Sloan first coach with 1,000 wins for one team". CBS Interactive.
  4. (December 9, 2008). "Sloan's secret: 'Put the best effort in'". ESPN Internet Ventures.
  5. (April 6, 2009). "Jordan, Robinson lead Hall's 2009 class". ESPN Internet Ventures.
  6. "Utah Jazz Retired Numbers". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
  7. "Scotty Robertson Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  8. "Elgin Baylor Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  9. "Butch Van Breda Kolff". Sports Reference LLC.
  10. "Tom Nissalke Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  11. "Coach of the Year". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
  12. "Frank Layden Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  13. "Utah Jazz". Sports Reference, LLC.
  14. "Jerry Sloan Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  15. "Tyrone Corbin Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  16. (June 6, 2014). "Utah Jazz Names Quin Snyder Head Coach". Utah Jazz.
  17. (June 29, 2022). "Will Hardy Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
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