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After four love-hate seasons at the University of Southern California, Trojans head basketball coach Tim Floyd has resigned.  The resignation is effective immediately reports Yahoo Sports!.

Floyd has been the subject of much controversy during his tenure at the helm of USC, as recent as this past month.  He had reportedly given up to $1,000 to a man who supposedly had agency ties with former Trojans’ superstar O.J. Mayo.  This procedure is illegal, and is curently under investigation by the head of the NCAA.

Tim had this to say in a letter to the USC Athletic Department:

“As of 1 p.m. today, I am resigning as head basketball coach at the University of Southern California,” the letter said, according to the Ledger. “I deeply appreciate the opportunity afforded me by the university, as well as the chance to know and work with some of the finest young men in college athletics. Unfortunately, I no longer feel I can offer the level of enthusiasm to my duties that is deserved by the university, my coaching staff, my players, their families, and the supporters of Southern Cal. I always promised myself and my family that if I ever felt I could no longer give my full enthusiasm to a job, that I should leave it to others who could. I intend to contact my coaching staff and my players in coming days and weeks to tell them how much each of them means to me. I wish the best to USC and to my successor.”

In his four years, USC went 85-50 with three NCAA tournament appearances.  Floyd had been rumored to be leaving the school early in the year for the previously vacant Arizona head coaching job, but that has since been filled.