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Ex-Utah Jazz coach Frank Layden dies

NBA World Reacts to Passing of Utah Jazz Legend Frank Layden

"The NBA mourns the passing of Utah Jazz legend Frank Layden, an award-winning head coach and basketball executive. His unique sense of humor and genuine kindness made him a beloved figure around the game, including during his time as a WNBA head coach. We extend our heartfelt sympathies to Frank’s family and the Jazz organization."

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Frank Layden, beloved Jazz coach and franchise-changing architect, dies at 93

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Former Jazz coach and GM Frank Layden dies at 93

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‘A Legend, who always made me smile’: How social media reacted to Frank Layden’s death

Layden, who coached the Utah Jazz in the 1980s and also served as the team’s general manager for over a decade, was a pillar in the Utah sports community and was known for his infectious, fun-loving ...

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Frank Layden, transformational Utah Jazz coach and general manager, dies at 93

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Frank Layden, First Coach to Take Jazz to Playoffs, Dies at 93

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Remembering Frank Layden, his life and his legacy

When Brooklyn-born, Irish Catholic Frank Layden strapped a struggling National Basketball Association franchise on his back and carried it from New Orleans to Utah in the summer of 1979, he set the team down in its new home in the Salt Palace, turned on the lights, and started telling one-liners.

Gordon Monson: Remembering the heart and humor of Frank Layden, a Utah icon, who has died at age 93

Two things most outsiders, fans and admirers of all kinds of the former Jazz coach and team president, failed to realize and understand about Utah’s funny man: 1) He was three-fourths serious for every one-fourth humorous, and 2) Basketball wasn’t all that important to him. Living was.

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Ex-Utah Jazz coach Frank Layden dies at 93

Former NBA coach and general manager Frank Layden, who led the Utah Jazz to the playoffs for the first time in 1984, has died, the franchise announced. He was 93.

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Erik Brady: My lunch with Frank Layden, the funniest man in sports

Frank Layden, a Niagara graduate who became one of the Purple Eagles’ legendary coaches, and whose career catapulted him to working in the NBA and WNBA as a coach and as a general manager, has died at 93.