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Frank Layden

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Basketball Coach

The Resume

    (October 29, 1934- )
    Born in Brooklyn, New York
    Head coach of the Niagara Purple Eagles (1970-76) and the Utah Jazz (1981-88)
    Assistant coach of the Atlanta Hawks (1976-79)
    President and general manager of the New Orleans/Utah Jazz (1979- )
    NBA Coach of the Year (1984)
    NBA Executive of the Year and J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award winner (1984)

Why he might be annoying:

    He never played a game at the professional level.
    His Jazz teams were notorious for having good regular seasons and poor playoff performances.
    He flew under the radar in mainstream basketball circles as a result of working in Salt Lake City.
    His overall coaching record was 277-294 in the regular season and 18-23 in the playoffs during his seven and a half seasons with the Jazz.
    He quit on his team seventeen games into the 1988-89 season to concentrate on his front office duties.
    He bears a striking resemblance to the late actor Barney Martin.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He guided the Niagara Purple Eagles to their first appearance in the NCAA tournament (1970).
    He joined the Jazz franchise while it was still based in New Orleans and remained with the team following its move to Salt Lake City.
    He was responsible for drafting Jazz franchise mainstays Karl Malone and John Stockton.
    In honor of his contributions to the Jazz franchise, the team retired #1 in his honor.
    He is the father of former New York Knicks general manager Scott Layden.
    He was responsible for hiring Jerry Sloan, who would go on to hold the North American professional sports record for longest tenure with one team.

Credit: Ricky


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 31.58% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 13 Votes: 23.08% Annoying