TITLE: Congratulating Tim Floyd on becoming the head coach of The University of Texas at El Paso basketball team.

SUMMARY: Congratulating Tim Floyd on becoming the head coach of The University of Texas at El Paso basketball team.

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WHEREAS, A new era in The University of Texas at El Paso basketball program began in March 2010 with the hiring of Tim Floyd as the team's head coach; and WHEREAS, Taking the helm for the Miners is a homecoming for Coach Floyd, who began his coaching career in 1977 as an assistant to legendary UTEP coach Don Haskins; he stayed through 1986 and was heavily involved in recruiting and signing many of the players who were responsible for the Miners winning five consecutive Western Athletic Conference championships from 1982 to 1987; and WHEREAS, Coach Floyd left UTEP to take his first head coaching job at the University of Idaho, where he went 35-25 in two seasons; he went on to establish successful tenures at the University of New Orleans, where he won 126 games in six seasons, and at Iowa State University, taking the Cyclones to the NCAA tournament in three of the four years he coached at the university; and WHEREAS, From 1998 to 2001, he was head coach of the Chicago Bulls in the National Basketball Association, and he continued his career at the professional level with the New Orleans Hornets in 2003 and 2004; immediately before returning to UTEP, he spent four seasons with the University of Southern California, and during that period the team frequently contended for the NCAA title in the postseason tournament; and WHEREAS, Coach Floyd is living proof that you can go home again; his UTEP roots provide a strong connection to the fabled past of the Miners basketball program, and he is building a foundation for additional achievements in the years to come; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Tim Floyd on becoming the head coach of The University of Texas at El Paso basketball team and extend to him and his athletes sincere best wishes for success; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Coach Floyd as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Marquez Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 766 was adopted by the House on March 17, 2011, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House