Jerry Sloan, coaching great of Jazz glory days, dies at 78

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Jerry Sloan walked up the steps to the stage at the Basketball Hall of Fame to give his enshrinement speech in 2009, almost as if he were dreading what the next few minutes would bring. ''This is pretty tough for me,'' Sloan said that night. Sloan, who spent 23 years as coach of the Utah Jazz and took the team to the NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998, died Friday at 78.

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