NBA's longest-tenured coach resigning

SALT LAKE CITY -- Jerry Sloan and assistant coach Phil Johnson both announced their plans to resign from their positions with the Utah Jazz on Thursday, according to ESPN. Sloan signed a one-year contract extension on Monday but said the team has planned a press conference scheduled for 5 p.m. to discuss his future with the team.

After Utah's loss on Wednesday night to the Chicago Bulls, Sloan kept reporters waiting for more than a half hour while he met with assistants and team general manager, Kevin O'Connor. The Jazz then abruptly announced they would not be holding practice on Thursday.

Sixty-eight-year-old Sloan is the longest-tenured coach in any of the four major sports: basketball, baseball, football and hockey. He has coached the Utah Jazz for 23 years and led them to the NBA Finals twice. Sloan was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach in 2009. He has a career coaching record of 1,221-803, a .603 winning percentage which puts him third on the all-time list and first among active coaches. He is the only coach in NBA history to win 1,000 games with one team, a feat he accomplished Nov. 7 against Oklahoma City.

Assistant coach Tyrone Corbin will be taking over the team, the Salt Lake Tribune reported.