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Kelvin Dale Sampson (born October 5, 1955) is an American college basketball coach, currently the head coach for the University of Houston of the Big 12 Conference. Early life. Sampson was born in the Lumbee Native American community of Deep Branch in Robeson County, North Carolina, where he excelled in the classroom and the athletic arena during his prep days at Pembroke High School, in Pembroke, North Carolina. Sampson was captain of his high school basketball team for two years, and ...
Apr 4, 2024 · HOUSTON – After his program's third straight 30-win season and fifth consecutive appearance in the Sweet 16, University of Houston Men's Basketball Head Coach Kelvin Sampson was named the Associated Press National Coach of the Year, the second time he received the honor during his career.
Apr 5, 2024 · Houston coach Kelvin Sampson cuts down the net after an NCAA college basketball game against Kansas Saturday, March 9, 2024, in Houston. Houston won 76-46 and finished the regular season as the Big 12 Conference Champions. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
A veteran of 19 NCAA Tournaments, former Houston Rockets coach and longtime college veteran Kelvin Sampson joined the University of Houston Men’s Basketball program as its head coach on April 3, 2014. With his hiring, Sampson became the ninth head coach in the history of the Houston program.
Apr 5, 2024 · Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson is the 2023-24 Associated Press Coach of the Year after leading his team to a 32-5 record, the top spot in the national rankings and a No. 1 seed in...
Apr 5, 2024 · Houston's Kelvin Sampson has been named AP's Coach of the Year. He edged UConn's Dan Hurley to claim the award he previously won 29 years ago at Oklahoma.
Mar 25, 2024 · HOUSTON – For his team's impressive work throughout the 2023-24 season, University of Houston Men's Basketball Head Coach Kelvin Sampson was named a finalist for the Werner Ladder Naismith Coach of the Year Award on Monday.
Apr 5, 2024 · University of Houston's Kelvin Sampson has been named the Associated Press Coach of the Year after guiding the Cougars to a Big 12 championship in their first season in the conference.
Mar 14, 2023 · HOUSTON — During his six seasons in the NBA working as an assistant coach, plus a half-season in an advisory role with the San Antonio Spurs, Houston coach Kelvin Sampson kept a journal of what...
Apr 3, 2024 · Late one night, about a month after accepting the men’s basketball head coaching job at the University of Houston, Kelvin Sampson was on the phone with an influential donor.
