Scott Layden was born on 1959 and is an American former general manager for the National Basketball Association.
14 Facts About Scott Layden
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Scott Layden is the son of former coach and general manager of the Jazz, Frank Layden, and a graduate of Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania, where he studied Business and Sports Management.
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Scott Layden played basketball for Niagara Catholic High School while his father was coaching at Niagara University.
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Scott Layden held various coaching jobs for the Jazz during the 1980s and '90s when his father was the head coach for the team.
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Scott Layden left the organization in 1999 to replace interim general manager of the New York Knicks Ed Tapscott.
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Scott Layden was the New York Knicks executive vice president and general manager from 1999 to 2001, and the president and general manager of the organization from 2001 to 2003.
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The Knicks under Scott Layden's watch were called the "Worst Franchise in Sports" by ESPN.
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Scott Layden replaced interim GM Ed Tapscott, who had already used the team's selection in the 1999 NBA draft to take injured Frenchman Frederic Weis with the team's first-round pick over Ron Artest.
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August 1,2000, saw Scott Layden make his second big move when he re-signed free agent power forward Kurt Thomas to a 3-year, $13M contract extension with a 1-year team option.
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On July 23,2003, Scott Layden traded guard Latrell Sprewell with two years remaining on his contract to the Minnesota Timberwolves as part of a four-team trade that included interactions with the 76ers and Hawks.
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Scott Layden was fired on December 22,2003, by New York Knicks owner James Dolan.
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Scott Layden served as assistant general manager for the San Antonio Spurs from 2012 to 2016.
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Scott Layden served in an advisory role to president of basketball operations Tom Thibodeau, and continued in the same role when Thibodeau was replaced by Gersson Rosas.
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Scott Layden is the son of longtime Utah Jazz head coach Frank Scott Layden.