Utah Jazz plan to contact John Stockton about head coaching vacancy

The Utah Jazz plan to reach out to Jazz legend John Stockton to gauge whether he has any interest in head coach position, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.

Jazz officials intend to at least pose the question to the Hall of Fame guard about his willingness to move into coaching, while mindful of Stockton's lack of previous coaching experience and the fact that he has long loathed the sort of spotlight associated with the job.

Other candidates who have been mentioned include Chicago Bulls assistant coach Adrian Griffin, current Jazz assistant Brad Jones, former Missouri coach and veteran NBA assistant Quin Snyder (who worked with Lindsey in San Antonio), and European coaching legend Ettore Messina.