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Jerry Sloan

Age 84 · USA · 196 cm (6'5") · 88 kg · Born Mar 28, 1942 · Evansville

13.1 PPG 7.1 RPG 2.5 APG 573 games 8 seasons
Jerry Sloan

Career snapshot

8seasons
573games
7,490career pts
12.9PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Chicago Bulls · 514 games · 1967-68–1974-75

Position rank · 1974-75

#21PPG rank
#20PER rank
#3WS rank
Among 62 Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 16.8 1968-69 · CHI
RPG 8.4 1971-72 · CHI
APG 3.5 1968-69 · CHI
PER 14.9 1968-69 · CHI
WS 7.2 1971-72 · CHI

Draft

1965
Round 1 · Pick 4
from Evansville

Honors & awards

6×
All-Defense Team
1974, 1973, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968
2×
All-Star Selection
1968, 1966

Career by team

Chicago Bulls
1967-68 – 1974-75 · 7 seasons
13.9 PPG 7.5 RPG 2.6 APG
514 games
Washington Wizards
1965-66 – 1965-66 · 1 seasons
5.7 PPG 3.9 RPG 1.9 APG
59 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1965-66 WAS 59 0 16.1 5.7 3.9 1.9 0.0 0.0 41.5 0.0 70.5 — —
1967-68 CHI 77 0 31.9 13.3 7.7 3.0 0.0 0.0 38.5 0.0 74.9 13.2 2.6
1968-69 CHI 78 0 37.7 16.8 7.9 3.5 0.0 0.0 41.7 0.0 74.5 14.9 6.4
1969-70 CHI 53 0 34.4 15.6 7.0 3.1 0.0 0.0 42.1 0.0 65.1 12.6 1.9
1971-72 CHI 82 0 37.0 16.2 8.4 2.6 0.0 0.0 44.4 0.0 66.0 13.4 7.2
1972-73 CHI 69 0 35.0 10.1 6.9 2.2 0.0 0.0 41.1 0.0 70.7 9.3 2.9
1973-74 CHI 77 0 37.1 13.2 7.2 1.9 2.4 0.1 44.7 0.0 71.1 12.6 6.8
1974-75 CHI 78 0 33.0 12.2 6.9 2.1 2.2 0.2 43.9 0.0 74.8 14.4 7.0

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Notes
Oct 1967 Washington Wizards Chicago Bulls From 1965-66 to 1967-68

All entries are offseason.

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Born on March 28

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About Jerry Sloan

Gerald Eugene Sloan 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.