Tim Floyd

Tim Floyd (b. February 25, 1954) is the current head coach of the University of Southern California men's college basketball team. Floyd is also a former head coach of several teams in both the NCAA and the NBA. Floyd is known as the coach of the Bulls after Phil Jackson, Michael Jordan, and Scottie Pippen retired.

Iowa State University coaching career

Floyd was hired at Iowa State University in May of 1994 as the fifth basketball coach in ISU history. In his four years at ISU, Floyd posted an 81-49 record. He is the only coach in Cyclones history to post three consecutive 20-win seasons. He also led the team to three straight appearances in the NCAA Tournament and thee straight first-round victories.

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Iowa State University - May - 1994

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In his first season with the Cyclones, Floyd guided the team to a then-school-record 23 victories and the second round of the NCAA Tournament. During that season, the Cyclones were ranked in the AP Top 25 poll for 11 consecutive weeks, with a ranking of number eleven at one point during the season. Four of the eleven ISU losses were to 1995 NCAA Final Four teams. The Cyclones returned to the Big Eight Conference Tournament championship for the first time since 1986. In that year, Fred Hoiberg became the first Cyclone to earn All-American honors since Jeff Grayer did in 1988.

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AP - Poll - Week - Final Four - Big Eight Conference Tournament - 1986 - Fred Hoiberg - All-America - 1988

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In his second season with the Cyclones, Floyd's squad overcame lots of adversity. Picked in most preseason polls to finish last in the Big Eight, the Cyclones finished second in the league with a 9-5 mark. In that season, ISU defeated the University of Nebraska, the University of Missouri and the University of Kansas. The Cyclones won the conference that year and received the highest NCAA Tournament seed in school history. As the number five seed, the Cyclones defeated California but lost to Utah, then coached by Rick Majerus (who ironically had originally accepted the USC head coaching job but resigned just a few days later). Iowa State's 24 victories that season was a school record. For his coaching efforts, Floyd was runner-up to Gene Keady of Purdue University for the AP National Coach of the Year award. Floyd did win the Big Eight Coach of the Year award.

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University of Nebraska - University of Missouri - University of Kansas - California - Utah - Rick Majerus - Gene Keady - Purdue University - Coach of the Year

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In the 1996-1997 season, Floyd and the Cyclones posted a 22-9 mark and advanced to their first NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearance in 11 years. In the NCAA Tournament, the sixth-seeded Cyclones defeated Illinois State University in the first round and the University of Cincinnati before losing to UCLA in overtime.

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1996 - 1997 - Sweet Sixteen - Illinois State University - University of Cincinnati - UCLA - Overtime

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