Frank Layden, the sharp-witted former coach who led the Utah Jazz to the playoffs for the first time, has died. He was 93.

Despite being on the coaching path, things took a turn for Layden when the New Orleans Jazz offered him the general manager position. After helping the team through the move to Utah, Layden took ...

Frank Layden, a transformational coach and general manager for the Utah Jazz, has died, the NBA announced. He was 93.

When the Jazz moved to Utah in 1979, Layden was the face and the heart of the Jazz, making friends and supporters as salesman, cheerleader, ambassador, money-raiser, player personnel director and ...

Frank Layden, the man who led the Jazz to their first NBA playoffs appearance in 1984 and helped build the foundations for successful teams in the 1990s, died Wednesday. He was 93. A cause of ...

Frank Layden dies at 93: Ex-Jazz coach, GM brought Karl Malone, John Stockton to Utah Layden was instrumental in laying the foundation for the Jazz to become perennial NBA contenders ...

Frank Layden, the former Utah Jazz head coach and team president, has died at the age of 93.

Layden went 277-294 during the regular season as the Jazz’s head coach. Under Layden, Utah made the playoffs five times, reaching the conference semifinals three times.

The Utah Jazz lost a franchise icon in Frank Layden on Wednesday.

Longtime basketball coach Frank Layden, who served as a front office consultant with the New York Knicks, has passed away in Salt Lake City at the age of 93, pe ...

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 Sports) – Former Utah Jazz head coach Frank Layden has passed away at the age of 93. Layden coached the Jazz from 1981-1988, going 277-294 in just over seven seasons. He ...

Longtime Utah Jazz coach, general manager and franchise legend Frank Layden has passed away. He was 93 years old.Layden became the Jazz coach two years after th ...