Jerry Sloan was the only NBA coach to eat dinner in the press room on game days.
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Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan during an NBA basketball game against the Atlanta Hawks,
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Sacrmento Kings center DeMarcus Cousins, right, drives to the basket against Oklahoma City Thunder Nick Collison on Saturday.
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It would be easy to call former Utah coach Jerry Sloan a true original, but there probably used to be hundreds of people like him. He just outlasted them all in the NBA He was humble and straightforward, but always an interesting interview. He was also very open and accommodating, the only head coach who would regularly eat dinner in the press room before the game.Latest Galleries
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