Tim Floyd

Tim Floyd
Tim Floyd, 2009
Player information
birthday	February 25, 1954
place of birth	Hattiesburg , United States
Clubs as coaches
1977–1986 University of Texas at El Paso (Assistant) 1986–1988 Idaho 1988–1994 University of New Orleans 1994–1998 Iowa State University 1998–2001 Chicago Bulls 2003–2004 New Orleans Hornets 2005–2009 University of South Carolina Since 02010 University of Texas at El Paso

Tim Floyd (born February 25, 1954 in Hattiesburg , Mississippi ) is an American basketball coach and currently works at the University of Texas at El Paso . In 1998 he took over the post of head coach at the Chicago Bulls after Michael Jordan , Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman left the team and thus inherited Phil Jackson .

Personal

Floyd was born in 1954 in Hattiesburg , Mississippi , USA . First he attended the University of Southern Mississippi , but then switched to Louisiana Tech University , because he got a sports scholarship there. There he completed his studies in 1977.

Floyd is married with one daughter.

Coaching career

University of Texas at El Paso

Floyd began his career as an assistant coach at the University of Texas at El Paso under the head coach and Hall of Famer Don Haskins . During this time the university won the title in the Western Athletic Conference four times . In addition, you were invited three times in a row (1984-1986) to the NCAA Tournament and also three times to the NIT .

University of Idaho

His first position as head coach was the University of Idaho . There he succeeded Bill Trumbo , who in his three years as head coach had always ended the season in last place at the Big Sky Conference . Floyd managed to break through this negative streak in his first year and end the season with a positive balance (16 wins, 14 defeats). He finished his second season in second place at the Big Sky Conference.

University of New Orleans

In his six years as head coach at the University of New Orleans , Floyd had a record of 127 wins and 58 losses. During this time he took part in the NIT three times and the NCAA Tournament twice, but only got past the first round in 1990 (NIT quarter-finals) and 1994 (NIT second round).

Iowa State

In May 1994, Floyd took over the post of head coach at Iowa State University . There he had a record of 81 wins and 49 losses in four years.

In his freshman year, Floyd took 23 wins, a mark never seen before by any coach at Iowa State. Led by the future NBA player Fred Hoiberg , the team reached the second round of the NCAA tournament . The following year Floyd even improved the record to 24 wins and won the Big Eight Conference . In the NCAA Tournament they were eliminated again in the second round, but Floyd was voted "Coach of the Year" in second place.

In the 1996/97 season Floyd won 22 games and reached the third round of the NCAA tournament for the first time in 11 years . There they only lost after extra time against UCLA .

In its final season in Iowa, the team won just twelve games and missed the finals. Floyd then left the university. As a result, the two future NBA players Nick Collison and Kirk Hinrich withdrew their commitment to play for Iowa State University.

Chicago Bulls

After Michael Jordan , Scottie Pippen , Dennis Rodman and head coach Phil Jackson left the Chicago Bulls in the summer of 1998, they hired Floyd to rebuild. But Floyd did not manage to put the team back on the road to success. In no season did his team win more than 17 games. After he started the 2001/02 season with a record of 4 wins and 21 losses, Floyd resigned on December 24, 2001 from his post.

New Orleans

In the 2003/04 season, Floyd coached the NBA team of the New Orleans Hornets . Although the team had to act in the second half of the season without their star player Jamal Mashburn , Floyd reached a record of 41 wins, 41 defeats and reached the playoffs. There they lost, however, in seven games against the Miami Heat . As a result, Floyd was released.

University of Southern California

In early 2005, Floyd was introduced as the head coach of the University of Southern California . The university had actually already signed up Rick Majerus , but he withdrew his commitment five days later.

Floyd had a record of 85 wins and 50 losses. However, his 21 wins in the 2007-08 season were stripped of the fact that he was alleged to have illegally paid money to sign OJ Mayo for his college. His greatest achievement was reaching the third round of the 2007 NCAA tournament .

After several key players decided to move directly to the NBA and the allegations of signing OJ Mayo , Floyd resigned in the summer of 2009.

University of Texas at El Paso

In the spring of 2010, Floyd signed as head coach with the University of Texas at El Paso .

Known players

The following well-known NBA players ran under Tim Floyd as head coach. The team in which you played under Floyd is shown in brackets.

• Ron Artest (Chicago Bulls)
• Elton Brand (Chicago Bulls)
• Kelvin Cato (Iowa State)
• Tyson Chandler (Chicago Bulls)
• Eddy Curry (Chicago Bulls)
• Marcus Fizer (Iowa State / Chicago Bulls)
• Fred Hoiberg (Iowa State)
• Jamal Mashburn (New Orleans Hornets)
• OJ Mayo (University of Southern California)
• Jalen Rose (Chicago Bulls)
• Paul Shirley (Iowa State)