Coach, what kind of timeout would you like?

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

If the coach only has 60s, he only gets 60s.
The other team is entitled, by rule, to the full 60 seconds if they want it.

In the old days, the calling team could shorten the length of time by returning to the floor before the expiration of time and the non-calling team would need to be ready for play. I think that rule probably changed with the advent of the 30 second time out, but I am not sure. Stuff that happened in the intervening 26 years is a bit fuzzy to me as to WHEN it happened.