SALT LAKE CITY — For the past few months, legendary Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan’s health has been declining while battling dementia and Parkinson’s disease.
“He has good days and some that are not good,” his wife Tammy recently told the Deseret News via text message. “It’s a strange disease and every now and then he reappears as Jerry.
“If he gets a good night’s sleep, he is much better the next day,” she further revealed. “It’s all day to day.”
Ahead of Saturday’s Big 3 appearance at Vivint Arena, former Jazz player DeShawn Stevenson caught wind of his former coach’s condition after previously being unaware of what was going on.