SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Jazz honored former Head Coach Jerry Sloan Friday night by raising a banner in the Energy Solutions Arena, and President Barack Obama sent the coach a handwritten note congratulating him.
The Jazz hoisted a banner with “1223” on it and placed it on display in the arena, the number signifying Sloan’s 1,223 wins with the Utah Jazz.
The Jazz tweeted this picture of the letter from President Obama on Friday.
PIC – Here is the handwritten letter from @BarackObama to Coach #JerrySloan pic.twitter.com/R4aWP7joB3
— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) January 31, 2014
The note appears to read:
“Dear Coach –
Congratulations on your long and remarkable career with the Jazz. Utah justly honors you for the standard of excellence you set with the Mailman and Stockton. But us Bulls fans still claim you for your grit and work ethic. Best of luck in the future.
With great admiration,
Barack Obama”
