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Jerry Sloan

1942 - 2020

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Gerald Eugene Sloan (March 28, 1942 – May 22, 2020) 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". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jerry Sloan has received more than 2,482,384 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Jerry Sloan is the 71st most popular basketball player (down from 41st in 2019), the 4,917th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,068th in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Jerry Sloan ranks 71 out of 1,268. Before him are Steve Nash, Elvin Hayes, Nate Thurmond, Nikos Galis, Dragan Kićanović, and Dominique Wilkins. After him are Dino Rađa, Tim Duncan, Steve Kerr, Vinko Jelovac, Jerry Lucas, and Dino Meneghin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Jerry Sloan ranks 335. Before him are Wu Ma, Adolf Ogi, Ion Drîmbă, Marty Balin, Anneke Grönloh, and Doğu Perinçek. After him are Gillian Rubinstein, Fred Thompson, Hannelore Elsner, Al Jardine, Valentin Lebedev, and Eduard Markarov. Among people deceased in 2020, Jerry Sloan ranks 280. Before him are Hamed Karoui, Enrique Irazoqui, Alexi Laiho, Taryn Power, Carlo Ubbiali, and Robert Fisk. After him are Bernard Stiegler, Sonja Edström, Paul Goma, Hédi Baccouche, Karin Lindberg, and Joseph Vilsmaier.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerry Sloan ranks 4,917 out of 18,182. Before him are Phylicia Rashad (1948), Gummo Marx (1893), Ward Bond (1903), Ed O'Ross (1949), Lucien Carr (1925), and Floyd Council (1911). After him are Sable (1967), Denis Leary (1957), Edward Lawry Norton (1898), Jimmie Rodgers (1897), Carol Kane (1952), and Michael Tomasello (1950).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Jerry Sloan ranks 46. Before him are Lenny Wilkens (1937), David Robinson (1965), Isaiah Thomas (1989), Elvin Hayes (1945), Nate Thurmond (1941), and Nikos Galis (1957). After him are Jerry Lucas (1940), Willis Reed (1942), Marion Jones (1975), Ray Allen (1975), George Gervin (1952), and Wes Unseld (1946).

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