Scott Layden
| Minnesota Timberwolves | |
|---|---|
| Position | General manager |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 1959 Brooklyn, New York |
| Career information | |
| College | Saint Francis University |
| Coaching career | 1981–1988 |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 1981–1982 | Utah Jazz (talent scout) |
| 1981–1992 | Utah Jazz (assistant) |
Scott Layden (born 1959 in Brooklyn, New York) is the general manager of the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is the son of former coach and general manager of the Jazz, Frank Layden, and a graduate of Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania where he studied Business and Sports Management.
He also held various coaching jobs for the Jazz during the 1980s and '90s when his father was the head coach for the team. in 1981-82 he worked as a talent scout/assistant coach; he was promoted to assistant coach prior to the 1982 season, a position he held until 1988. It was during this time that he is generally considered responsible for the selection of a relatively unknown collegiate point guard out of Gonzaga University with the 16th pick in the 1984 NBA Draft: . The following year, he directed the draft again and selected Karl Malone with the 13th pick. Stockton and Malone helped the Jazz make the playoffs 18 consecutive seasons, including two Western Conference Titles in 1997 and 1998. From 1988-90 he was the team's director of player personnel & assistant coach, a position he held shortly before he gave up his seat as assistant coach to focus solely on being the director of player personnel. In 1992 he was given the position of director of basketball operations, where he stayed until his 1996 promotion to vice president of basketball operations. He left the organization in 1999 to replace interim general manager of the New York Knicks Ed Tapscott.
Layden was the New York Knicks executive vice president and general manager from 1999–2001, and the president and general manager of the organization from 2001-2003. The Knicks under Layden's watch (and of his successor Isiah Thomas) were called the "Worst Franchise in Sports" by ESPN.com.
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