Francis Layden was born on January 5,1932 and is an American former basketball coach and executive of the National Basketball Association's Utah Jazz as well as former head coach of the Women's National Basketball Association's Utah Starzz.
13 Facts About Frank Layden
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Frank Layden coached Niagara to its first NCAA tournament appearance in 1970, with the help of Calvin Murphy.
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Frank Layden coached the Jazz for the next seven and a half years.
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Frank Layden was instrumental in drafting and signing franchise mainstays John Stockton and Karl Malone to the club.
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In 1984, Frank Layden was awarded the NBA's Coach of the Year.
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Frank Layden joined the Utah Eagles of the Continental Basketball Association in October 2006 as an honorary assistant coach.
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Frank Layden was inducted into the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame on Long Island in the Basketball and Professional Sports Categories with the Class of 1990.
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Frank Layden retired from coaching the Jazz in 1989 to serve full-time as the franchise team president and general manager, hiring former NBA player and then Jazz assistant Jerry Sloan as the new head coach.
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Frank Layden once served briefly as a consultant for the New York Knicks, where his son Scott Frank Layden served as general manager for a time.
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Frank Layden continues to live with his wife, Barbara, in Salt Lake City.
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Frank Layden was once fined $1,000 during a game in 1986 for making a satirical wave goodbye and exit after getting ejected.
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Frank Layden pulled the kid aside and jokingly asked him if he was interested in helping out the Jazz, who were down by 25 points at the time.
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Frank Layden then tried sneaking him onto the court with four other Jazz players and got the fan on the court before the referees realized what was going on and stopped play.