Jerry Sloan 1k

Jerry Sloan has won a lot of games in his career as a coach, 1094 to be exact. He started coaching at the age of 37 for the Chicago Bulls (whom he played for as a younger man, and had success there). He coached there for almost three seasons (he was fired in his 3rd season) and came to Utah a few years later as an assistant under Frank Layden. Frank left coaching in the middle of the 1988-1989 season, and since then it's been Jerry's show to run. And he's run it quite well. He's had 12 seasons of 50+ wins, which is ridiculous.

I'm not great at photoshop, but I'm pretty good at giving an effort . . .

Two nights ago he got his 1000th win with the Utah Jazz . . . and this is a big thing.

Most Coaching wins:			Wins with one Franchise:
Lenny Wilkens	1,332		Jerry Sloan*	Utah Jazz	1,000
Don Nelson*	1,282		Red Auerbach	Boston Celtics	795
Pat Riley	1,210		Gregg Popovich*	San Antonio Spurs	633
Jerry Sloan*	1,094		Red Holtzman	New York Knicks	613
Larry Brown*	1,012		John MacLeod	Phoenix Suns	579
Source: Basketball-Reference.com			Source: SLC Trib

* Active coaches

I remember when Lenny Wilkens passed Red Auerbach's record, and that record seemed like a record that would never be broken. I had no clue that at least four other (back then) active coaches would surpass Red some time down the line. Sloan's record (for wins with one franchise) appears as imposing, but who's to know what'll happen in the next few decades in this league? But let's forget about a future that may never happen, let's focus on the present -- right now Sloan has reached a milestone that is amazing, and possibly, a record that'll last for a very long time. Congrats, Jerry -- you earned it, even if you don't like personal awards.