Former Jaguar and Mobile native Michael Floyd enters his fifth season as an assistant coach on the USA staff.
In his first year back with the program, he helped the Jags earn an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament after compiling a 26-7 overall record — the win total was the highest in school history — and a 16-2 mark in the Sun Belt Conference. His efforts also helped USA claim the league’s East Division championship during the regular season.
Floyd spent the 2006-07 season as an assistant coach with Ronnie Arrow at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. There, the Islanders went 26-7 and 14-2 in its first year in the Southland Conference. TAMU-CC earned the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where it took second-seeded Wisconsin to the limits in the first round.
Prior to going to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Floyd was the head coach at Alabama Southern Community College for one season. In his only year guiding the Eagles, they compiled an 18-12 record and recorded a second-place finish in their division.
Floyd starting his coaching career as an assistant at Spring Hill from 2000-02 before gaining additional experience at Alabama. He spent two years as a graduate assistant with the Crimson Tide before returning to full-time status as an assistant at Troy for the 2004-05 season. While at UA, he helped the Tide to a two-year record of 37-25 and two berths in the NCAA Tournament which included a trip to the 2004 Elite Eight after they picked up victories over Southern Illinois, Stanford and defending NCAA champion Syracuse. The Crimson Tide’s run Floyd’s second year would come to an end with a loss to eventual tournament winner Connecticut.
Floyd played for Arrow at South Alabama from 1994-96, averaging 7.7 points as a freshman. He transferred to Murray State after his sophomore year, helping the Racers to the NCAA Tournament both seasons he was there. MSU went 29-4 his junior campaign, as he scored 10 points in its NCAA Tourney contest against Rhode Island, before posting a 27-6 mark in his final season of collegiate eligibility.
In high school at McGill-Toolen, he averaged 21 points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals as a junior to help lead the team to Class 6A state tournament. He was an all-state and all-county player for the Yellowjackets.
Floyd graduated from Murray State in 1999 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology. He is married to the former Poppy Hogsed and has three daughters, Peyton (11), Micah (4) and Matalie, born Feb. 3, 2010.
