New Arizona men’s basketball coach Tommy Lloyd was formally introduced to Wildcat Nation on Thursday afternoon during a press conference held on the McKale Center court that he’ll be pacing in a few months.
The 46-year-old Lloyd comes to Tucson after 20 years as an assistant at Gonzaga, where he was part of a program that has become the premier one out West and which has made two appearances in the NCAA Tournament championship game in the past five years, including 10 days ago against Baylor.
Here’s what Lloyd had to say during his introductory press conference:
On why he finally decided to leave Gonzaga: “For those of you that know my story, and don’t, it’s well documented, I was a longtime assistant at Gonzaga 22 years, and I loved every minute of it.