23 Facts About Tim Floyd

Timothy Fitzpatrick Floyd was born on February 25,1954 and is a former American college basketball coach, most recently the head coach at the University of Texas at El Paso.

Tim Floyd was formerly the head coach of several teams in the NCAA and the NBA.

Tim Floyd announced his retirement from coaching after the UTEP game on November 27,2017.

Tim Floyd originally was a walk-on player at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, but he transferred to Louisiana Tech in Ruston and was a scholarship player there.

Tim Floyd's father, who was a coach, died when Floyd was 18.

In November 2009, a video surfaced on YouTube depicting Tim Floyd breaking up a fight in the food court of a casino in Palm Desert, California.

Tim Floyd's first coaching job was as an assistant at UTEP under Hall of Famer Don Haskins from 1977 to 1986.

Tim Floyd coached the Vandals for two years; in his first season, the Vandals posted their first winning record since alumnus Don Monson left for Oregon after the 1983 season.

At UNO, Tim Floyd averaged 21 wins a season; he is one of only four Division I coaches who have won four conference championships in the first five years at their school.

Tim Floyd was hired at Iowa State University in May 1994 as the 15th basketball coach in ISU history.

Tim Floyd is one of two coaches in Iowa State history to post three consecutive 20-win seasons along with his former player and former ISU basketball coach Fred Hoiberg.

Tim Floyd led the team to three straight appearances in the NCAA Tournament and three straight first-round victories.

Tim Floyd was responsible for landing would-be recruits, including Nick Collison and Kirk Hinrich, who would later withdraw their verbal commitments upon Tim Floyd's departure from Iowa State.

In 1998, Tim Floyd was hired as the head coach of the NBA Chicago Bulls on July 23, replacing Phil Jackson.

On January 14,2005, Tim Floyd was hired as head coach of the USC Trojans, he succeeded interim coach Jim Saia, who filled in after the school fired Henry Bibby.

Tim Floyd was the subject of heightened media attention in October 2006, when 14-year-old high school freshman Dwayne Polee Jr.

Tim Floyd led this team to finals of the Pacific Life Pac-10 Tournament, where they lost to Oregon.

Tim Floyd took the Trojans to the 2007 NCAA tournament's Sweet 16, only the second USC team to do so since 1979.

Tim Floyd's Trojans won the 2009 Pac-10 Tournament by defeating Arizona State, then made it to the second round of the 2009 NCAA tournament, losing to eventual runner-up Michigan State.

Tim Floyd first notified a paper in his home state of Mississippi; his resignation was accepted by USC, which was faced with looking for a replacement late in the off-season.

Tim Floyd replaced Tony Barbee who left to take a head coach job at Auburn.

The school had previously announced a new athletic director, Jim Senter, a week prior, but Tim Floyd said that had nothing to do with his decision.

Tim Floyd led the Miners to three 20-win seasons, but no NCAA Tournament appearances.