Tim Floyd will be named basketball coach at Arizona, Mark Asher of Sports 620 KTAR, ESPN's radio affiliate in Phoenix, is reporting according to multiple sources.
Floyd met with Arizona athletic director Jim Livengood on Wednesday night to work out the final details of the deal and an announcement is expected Thursday, according to sources.
Floyd, 55, has spent the last four seasons at USC with an 85-50 record. He led the Trojans to three NCAA tournament appearances -- including the Sweet 16 in 2007.
Floyd previously coached in the NBA with the Chicago Bulls in 1999-2002 and the New Orleans Hornets in 2004.
He was also the head coach at Iowa State, New Orleans and Idaho.
Lute Olson retired as coach at Arizona prior to the start of the season. Arizona advanced to the Sweet 16 with interim coach Russ Pennell.
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But Capel sounded like such a homerun! Floyd can recruit, and has ties to the NBA, and is a flame spitting menacingly intense coach. But can he succeed outside of LA and the "boosters?"
ReplyDeleteIn other news, a comparison to Lute (stolen from a GOAZCats.com poster, so I'm unsure of it's verifiability):
Lute Olson
-1st Four years in Pac-10.....73-48 (47-25)
-Tournament trips in those 4 years- 3 (all 1st round losses)
-Coached in Iowa and SoCal
Tim Floyd
-1st Four years in Pac-10......85-50 (39-33)
-Tournament trips in those 4 years- 3 (1st round, 2nd round, Sweet 16)
psych psych psych!
ReplyDeleteShould've titled this post: That was Embarrassing Part Duex.
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