Miners coach Tim Floyd announced his retirement after a loss on Monday. Felix Chavez/El Paso Times
Tim Floyd walked calmly into the media interview room, just up the tunnel in the Don Haskins Center, in this building that has been his home away from home for more than 16 years — most of the last eight years as UTEP's head basketball coach.
He was quiet for a mini-eternity. And then he dropped a bombshell.
"I'm through. I've retired as of today. This is my last game as a coach," Floyd said.