"Those who predicted that retired Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan would come back to the bench were correct. Bonus points for anybody who guessed the Hall of Famer's return would be at Herriman High. It wasn't with an NBA team, even though he said a couple contacted him about recent job openings. And he didn't even curse or yell at any referees. But Sloan resumed a familiar spot on a basketball court Friday when he sat on the sidelines for a meet-the-Mustangs basketball night. A preview of things to come on the Utah high school basketball scene? "No," Sloan said, chuckling. "Not that." For the record, Herriman's honorary coach came out of retirement for this night only. Sloan's stepson, Rhett, a Mustang sophomore, convinced the longtime Jazz coach to help his school in this fund-raising event on his sports-marketing teacher's suggestion. Since his surprise midseason retirement in February, Sloan has spent most of his time on his Illinois farm. He auctioned away all 68 of his collected tractors in three days this summer and, well, has been trying to find non-basketball things to do to fill his empty days. "I never gave an awful lot of thought to retirement. I guess I thought I was going to work forever," Sloan said. "It's completely different from what I expected. I'm adjusting to it. Anybody who's done the stuff I've done for 30 years, it takes a while. I just ride it out and hopefully it gets better."" Read more: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/...-at-least-Coach-Sloans-back-on-the-bench.html
