Salt Lake City ? After 23 seasons, Hall of Fame coach Jerry Sloan had only one bit of advice for successor Ty Corbin.

“Be yourself,” Sloan said Thursday after announcing he was stepping down after 1,127 victories with the Jazz because he didn’t have the energy any more.

Corbin, a former Jazz player, already began meeting with players and will coach his first game tonight against the Phoenix Suns.

Around the league, the shock remained.

“I’m too shocked to have a reaction,” Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. “It caught us all off guard. … He’s been there like this rock, and all of a sudden the rock is gone. It’s like your franchise moved or something. I don’t know. It’s just strange.”

Sloan was the longest-tenured coach in any of the four major sports. His resignation came just two weeks after the second-longest tenured professional coach, Jeff Fisher, parted ways with the Tennessee Titans after a 6-10 season.

“I had a feeling this time was the time to move on,” an emotional Sloan said during a Thursday afternoon news conference. “(That’s) a long time to be in one organization. Again, I’ve been blessed. Today is a new day. When I get this over with, I’ll feel better. My time is up and it’s time to move on.”