FORMER UTAH JAZZ HEAD COACH, JERRY SLOAN, HONORED WITH LEAGUE AWARD
CHUCK DALY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Legendary former Utah
Jazz Head Coach Jerry
Sloan was named a corecipient of the 2016 Chuck
Daly Lifetime Achievement
Award by the National
Basketball Coaches
Association. Sloan, along
with former Boston coach
K.C. Jones, were honored
at halftime of NBA Finals
Game 3 in Cleveland on
June 8, 2016.
“It is a special treat for me
to be attending Game 3 of
this exciting NBA Finals and to accept the 2016 NBA Coaches
Association Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award, along
with a fine gentleman and outstanding coach, K.C. Jones. Like
Coach Daly, I loved coaching and did my best to approach the
job with professionalism, the concept of team effort and always
playing hard. I thank my fellow coaches and all of my friends
from the bottom of my heart for this special honor,” said Coach
Jerry Sloan.
The National Basketball Coaches Association Chuck Daly
Lifetime Achievement Award honors the memory of Hall of
Famer Chuck Daly, who over an outstanding NBA coaching
career set a standard of integrity, competitive excellence
and tireless promotion of NBA basketball. This year’s award
recognizes the extraordinary contributions K.C. Jones and Jerry
Sloan have made to the sport throughout their NBA careers
through building a body of work that has had a positive and
powerful impact on the NBA coaching profession. Jones
and Sloan have embodied the high standards and leadership
philosophies that Coach Daly brought to the game.
“Jerry Sloan is a coaching icon because of his longevity,
adaptability and creativity. Jerry’s run of 23 years in Utah is
the longest in NBA history and a testament to his competitive
greatness. K.C. Jones and Jerry Sloan embody what the
Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award is all about,” said
Dallas Mavericks head coach and National Basketball Coaches
Association president Rick Carlisle.
Over his 23 seasons at the helm of the Jazz from 1988-2011,
Sloan guided Utah to 19 playoff appearances, two NBA Finals
(1997, 1998), seven division titles, a streak of 16 consecutive
winning seasons (1988-2004), 13
seasons with 50-plus wins and
three with 60-plus wins, while
suffering only one losing season.
The Jazz raised a banner with
1223 (combined number of
regular season and playoff games
won under Sloan) on Jan. 31,
2014. He was inducted into the
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall
of Fame in 2009.
Prior to joining the Jazz, Sloan
served as head coach of the Chicago Bulls from 1979-82
following an 11-year playing career with Baltimore and Chicago,
during which he was twice selected an NBA All-Star. WS
SAXTON HORNE'S DAVID BLAIN
RECEIVES ADVERTISING AWARD
David Blain, president of Saxton Horne Communications, was
awarded the Silver Medal from the Utah chapter of the American
Advertising Federation (AAF) on May 11th at a ceremony attended
by friends, family, colleagues, and former business partners.
The Silver Medal is a lifetime achievement award distributed to a
single individual each year. In David’s case, it serves as
the capstone to a career spanning decades, taking him
from a young account executive in California, to a
partner in his own agency, to his current role as
president of Saxton Horne. Along the way, David has
worked on a number of significant projects, including
Intel’s famous “Intel Inside” campaign.
ABOVE: David Blain (2nd left) is joined by his
former BOWG business partners Eric Weight,
Jeffery Olsen and Eric White.
David is poised to take Saxton Horne to new heights—
both in terms of Larry H. Miller Dealership advertising,
as well as with the many clients outside the Larry H.
Miller Group of Companies who appreciate the
agency’s many talents.