Utah Jazz

The Utah Jazz is a National Basketball Association team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They were originally the New Orleans Jazz, but were financially unsuccessful and moved to Utah. They were one of the most successful teams in the late 1980s and 1990s, making it to two NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998 under coach Jerry Sloan and anchored by John Stockton and Karl Malone, considered two of the best players in the era.

Players of note

Basketball Hall of Famers

• Pete Maravich
• Walt Bellamy - only played one game with the Jazz

Others

• Adrian Dantley
• Jeff Malone
• Karl Malone
• Jeff Hornacek
• Mark Eaton
• John Stockton
• Darrell Griffith
• Thurl Bailey

Retired numbers

• 1 Frank Layden
• 7 Pete Maravich
• 12 John Stockton
• 14 Jeff Hornacek
• 35 Darrell Griffith
• 53 Mark Eaton

Current roster

Coaches

Years Coach Record

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1974-75 Scotty Robertson 1 - 14

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1974-75 Elgin Baylor 0 - 1

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1974-77 Bill Van Breda Koff 74 - 100

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1977-79 Elgin Baylor 86 - 134

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1979-81 Tom Nissalke 60 - 124

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1981-88 Frank Layden 277 - 294

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1988- Jerry Sloan 823 - 440

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1974-03 1321 -1107

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