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One collector is trying to find a single signature from every man who ever played for the Jazz — all 370 of them, from the 1974 New Orleans team to today. For many of them, this page is the only one on the internet. Here is Tyrone Corbin: what he did on the floor, a few things most people never knew, and every card that carries his name. If you own something he signed — or you know who might — there is a note at the foot of this page.
Corbin earned a computer science degree at DePaul before San Antonio drafted him in the 1985 second round, and he stretched that modest start into 16 NBA seasons and 1,065 games. Utah acquired him from Minnesota for Thurl Bailey early in 1991-92, and his steady two-way play helped the Jazz reach two Western Conference Finals in three seasons.
He married his high school sweetheart, Dante, and their son Tyrell was named Utah's Mr. Basketball in 2011 — the same year Corbin, after seven seasons as Jerry Sloan's assistant, suddenly inherited the Jazz head coaching job upon Sloan's resignation. He held it through 2014 and has since coached on staffs in Sacramento, Phoenix, Orlando, and Charlotte.
HOW HE CAME & WENTMinnesota sent him to Utah for Thurl Bailey on November 25, 1991, because the Jazz needed a smaller forward who could guard quicker lineups. Three years later, with three small forwards on hand and a need for size, they traded him to Atlanta for Adam Keefe.
- Full name
- Tyrone Kennedy Corbin
- Utah Jazz tenure
- 1991–94
- Position
- Forward
- Born
- 1962, Columbia, South Carolina
- Height
- 6′6″ (198 cm)
- Weight
- 209 lb (95 kg)
- College
- DePaul
- Drafted
- 1985, 2nd round (No. 35), San Antonio
A card. A photo. A program. A page from an old autograph book. Anything he put his name on.
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With the Jazz
TYRONE CORBIN · 1991–94 · PER GAME| SEASON | TEAM | G | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–92 | UTA | 69 | 27.0 | 9.0 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.2 | .504 | .000 | .878 |
| 1992–93 | UTA | 82 | 31.2 | 11.6 | 6.3 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.4 | .503 | .000 | .826 |
| 1993–94 | UTA | 82 | 26.2 | 8.0 | 4.7 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.3 | .456 | .207 | .813 |
| JAZZ TOTAL | 3 SEASONS | 233 | 28.2 | 9.6 | 5.6 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.3 | .488 | .162 | .837 |
Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗ · Wikipedia ↗
Did you know
TYRONE CORBIN · 10 NOTES- Came off the bench for the 1992 team that reached the Western Conference Finals, finishing fourth in Sixth Man of the Year voting.
- Was traded to Atlanta for Adam Keefe, who also appears on this checklist.
- Recorded the first triple-double in Minnesota Timberwolves history in January 1991.
- Once played 415 consecutive games, a streak that ended only after he left Utah for Atlanta.
- Teammates knew the South Carolina forward as The Milkman throughout his playing days.
- His son Tyrell, then a senior at Salt Lake City's West High, learned of Sloan's resignation by text at school and sat two seats from him at the press conference.
- He captained DePaul in Ray Meyer's final season and again under Joey Meyer, and entered the school's Hall of Fame in 2005.
- Earl Watson, who played for him in Utah and later hired him in Phoenix, credited Corbin with mentoring him through both coaching and fatherhood.
- Traded from Minnesota at 28, Corbin said 'It's going to be good to have the chance to be in the playoffs every year.'
- Scott Layden said Bryon Russell's summer league play factored into the 1994 trade: 'We saw he had stepped his game up.'