That very same Ethics Committee would later reprimand Kelvin Sampson as a result of the NCAA findings, placing him on probation for three years, during which time he would not be eligible to serve in any official capacity for the NABC, be considered for Coach of the Year honors, or receive Final Four ticket privileges. As a point guard, he led the Braves as team captain during his senior season and finished his collegiate career with four letters in basketball and three in baseball. var time_zone_offset = -this.getTimezoneOffset(), time_zone_diff + pad(time_zone_offset / 60) + "I would not do it [because] I would lose that relationship due to the embarrassment I would cause them. In eight seasons at Houston, Sampson has led the Cougars to four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances including the 2021 NCAA Final Four and five American Athletic Conference titles and stands as the only coach in school history to lead the Houston to seven straight 20-win seasons. })(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K3TH4CC'); coaches; 1: 1 . On April 3, 2014, Houston hired Kelvin Sampson as the new Cougars head coach. Thirty-eight years have passed since he began his basketball coaching career at the. He also said that the only reason Sampson was allowed to continue coaching was because his contract didn't allow the school to suspend him immediately. They proceeded to the NCAA tournament, where they reached the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in 35 years. In 1968, his underdog, Elvin Hayes-led Cougars upset the undefeated and top-ranked UCLA Bruins in front of more than 50,000 fans at Houston's Astrodome. Despite losing four starters, Sampsons 2019-20 Houston team was selected as a preseason favorite by the American Athletic Conference coaches, and the Cougars lived up to the hype. 3 in the Ferris Mowers Coaches poll. He will drive it forever. ':' + pad(time_zone_offset % 60); It was only the fourth sweep of the conference championships in school history and the first since 1991-92. The Cougars have appeared in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) three times. A difficult schedule matched the Cougars with seven different teams that would end up qualifying for either the 2007 NCAA Tournament or NIT. He then moved to Montana Tech after being named assistant coach. #Coogs #GoCoogs #KelvinSampson #SMUMustangsKelvin Sampson, Head Coach of the Houston Cougars men's basketball team, talks with the media after Houston's 85-8. Houston Basketball Coach Kelvin Sampson says, "IT WAS GOALTENDING." after 83-82 loss to Alabama #AlabamaCrimsonTide #AlabamaFootball #CFBNewsSubscribe for mo. ':' + pad(time_zone_offset % 60); [32] Sampson was also the head coach of the United States Junior National Team that participated in the Junior World Games in Athens, Greece, in the summer of 1995. 1 in the Coaches Poll after also taking the top spot in the AP Top 25.On the heels . As an assistant with the Bucks, he was member of a staff that oversaw Milwaukees defense rise from 15th in the NBA in points allowed per 100 possessions in 2008-09 to second in 2009-10 and fourth in 2010-11. Tom Penders was named as the head coach of Cougars basketball in 2004. return (norm < 10 ? The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. After 21 years in the Southwest Conference, the Cougars joined Conference USA in 1996. '-' + pad(this.getMonth() + 1) + From 1994 to 2006, he guided the Sooners to NCAA Tournament appearances in 11 of 12 years. Basketball coaches with most all-time wins Robert Hughes is the all-time leader, but Richard Duease and Freddy Johnson joins Monarchs leader with shot to overtake top spot. [27], During a private meeting with the NCAA infractions committee on June 30, McRobbie apologized for hiring Sampson and called that decision a mistake. /defensive coordinator/linebackers/kickers/C team James Johnson Varsity Asst. The team hoped to reach the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1992. s.src = '//img.en25.com/i/elqCfg.min.js'; On February 8, 2008, the NCAA informed Indiana that Sampson had committed five "major" rules violations. HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Houston Rockets officially announced the hiring of Stephen Silas as their new head coach. The No. Houston announced the deal after Joseph Duarte of. The NCAA had given Indiana 90 days to respond to the notice. }. window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; window.dataLayer.push({"event":"dataLayerLoaded","timestamp":new Date().to_iso_with_offset(),"non_interaction_flag":true,"page_related_sport":"mbball","gaPropertyID":"UA-180624321-8","schoolAttributes":{"Name":"University of Houston","Division":"DI","Conference":"American Athletic Conference","ssClientID":"1504"},"pageAttributes":{"pageName":"Men's Basketball Coaches - University of Houston Athletics","pageCategory":"roster-coach-list","site":"houston","sport_name":"Men's Basketball","sport_name_custom":"mbball","sect":"mbaskbl"},"siteAttributes":{"P5":false,"All_Access":true,"Paciolan_Marketing":true,"ticketingProvider":undefined,"region":"west","Fanbase_Partner":false,"SIDEARM_Extended":false,"MMR":"LFIMGC"}}); Alden Pasche was the team's first head coach. Gray also became the Cougars first conference scoring champion since Aubrey Coleman led Conference USA and the nation in 2009-10. Sampson was recognized as the American Athletic Conference Coach and the National Association of Basketball Coaches District 25 Coach of the Year for the second straight season and received the Clarence Big House Gaines National Coach of the Year Award from the National Sports Media Association. In return, Sampson agreed not to sue Indiana for wrongful termination. '-' + pad(this.getDate()) + Two weeks remain before Selection Sunday, and Houston has seemingly settled in as the No. The Cougars opened the season with wins in five of their first six games and claimed a dominating 82-69 win over Big 12 member Texas Tech during the final day of the Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic Championship Round. Houston's Jarace Walker tries to keep the ball from East Carolina's RJ Felton (3) and Brandon Johnson, right, during a game Saturday in Greenville, N.C. Houston kept the No. }. async_load, false); Guard Quentin Grimes was named The American Player of the Year and collected similar honors at The American Championship. 1, Kansas up to third in USA TODAY Sports men's basketball poll after wild weekend. The Houston Cougars men's basketball team represents the University of Houston in Houston, Texas, in the NCAA Division I men's basketball competition. After serving as an interim coach for one season, Sampson guided the Orediggers to a 7345 record in his final four seasons. In the men's tournament, Houston's Kelvin Sampson led the way of publicly reported bonuses, with $50,000. document.write = function(content) { He led his teams to two NAIA District 12 title games and was named the league's coach of the year in 1983 and 1985. He served as an assistant coach from 1953 to 1955 and began a thirty-year career as head coach in 1956. In 2018-19, Sampson led Houston to one of the greatest seasons in school history. 6 in the Associated Press and at No. })(); Under Sampson's watch, Oklahoma was placed under a three-year investigation by the NCAA for recruiting violations. [30], The Houston Cougars have finished in the AP Poll and/or the Coaches Poll 13 times in the program's history. 'T' + pad(this.getHours()) + He told us the second weekend is when you really get to experience what March Madness is all about. In the summer of 2012, Sampson was assistant coach of the Canadian national men's basketball team. _elqQ.push(['elqUseFirstPartyCookie', 't.uhcougars.com']); The rest of the AP Top 25 was a big jumble. '&l=' + l : ''; j.async=true;j.src= It also imposed a five-year show-cause order on Sampson, meaning that any NCAA member school who wanted to hire Sampson while the order was in effect would have to impose sanctions on him unless it can "show cause" that Sampson has served his punishment. Sampson was born in Laurinburg, N.C., and was an award-winning student-athlete at Pembroke High and later at UNC Pembroke. ", Keep your shirt on: Kelvin Sampson had a bare-chested celebration, but Bill Self won't do it if Kansas wins, Sizing up the player of the year winners in all 32 Division I men's conferences, Tide's Oats takes blame for Miller's 'TSA' intro, Davis within 25 points of tying Maravich's mark, NIL, legal threats among issues for new NCAA boss, Scheyer makes history as Duke sweeps at home, Tennessee win soured by knee injury to Zeigler, USC, OU, Seton Hall, Iowa in new hoops tourney, Houston, Alabama remain atop AP Top 25 poll. Sampson became the 11th head coach at the University of Oklahoma on April 25, 1994. 5 in the nation. Sampsons Cougars rattled off a 33-game home winning streak, which was the nations longest mark before it was snapped it late February 2019, and was the fourth-longest home streak in school history. Offensively, he cares about the percentage of their misses . Houston Cougars' head basketball coach, Kelvin Sampson, is poised to lead his team to the second NCAA's Final Four for the second straight year. On the women's side, South Carolina's Dawn Staley reportedly has a $200,000 bonus for making the Final Four. Sampson led the Cougars to 22 wins for only the 15th time in program history with a win over No. Sampson enjoyed tremendous success as the leader of Oklahoma Mens Basketball from 1994 to 2006. [38], The following Houston coaches have been named Conference Coach of the Year while at UH.[39]. He was named Kodak District 14 Coach of the Year by the NABC for the second time in three years. EARLY COACHING CAREER On November 25, 2008, the NCAA slapped Indiana with three years' probation for violations largely tied to Sampson's watch. 14. Sampson was also named Pac-10 Coach of the Year in 1992. Self should be taken at his word. On February 14, 2008, ESPN reported that Sampson's status as coach of the Hoosiers would be decided on a "game-by-game basis. [4] Among the outstanding players who Lewis coached are Elvin Hayes, Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler, Otis Birdsong, Dwight Jones, Don Chaney and "Sweet" Lou Dunbar. ':' + pad(this.getMinutes()) + Oklahoma posted a combined 84-19 record, won three consecutive Big 12 Tournament titles and advanced to the 2002 NCAA Final Four and the 2003 NCAA Elite Eight. So. In his first season at Indiana, Sampson led the Hoosiers to a 2111 record overall and a 34th appearance in the NCAA tournament as a 7th seed in the West. Boston University Men, Montana Women, Houston Men, Texas Women, Northwestern Men, Stats, Schedules Seasons 1970-71 Men , 1958-59 Men , 2008-09 Women , 1975-76 Men , 1995-96 Women , Polls , Leaders On February 22, 2008, Sampson was forced to resign due to allegations of serious NCAA violations,[10] which included sending text messages to recruits, something that was against NCAA rules between 2007 and 2013. They then defeated Cincinnati, Tulane and Memphis to win the conference tournament. "@CoachSampsonUH: "Hold my water. When Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker headed back home to Sacramento the day after the world championship parade, he called up University of Houston basketball coach Kelvin Sampson on the way. Kelvin Dale Sampson (born October 5, 1955) is an American college basketball coach, currently the head coach for the University of Houston of the American Athletic Conference. His Houston teams made the Final Four on five occasions (1967, 1968, 198284) and twice advanced to the NCAA Championship Game (1983, 1984). 13 Houston's loss Saturday at No.9 Alabama basketball, coaches Kelvin and Kellen Sampson have apologized to UA. His student-athletes also enjoyed success off the court. Their combined record is 511. @UHouston fans: "What a #MarchMadness win Now, we've seen it all. Coach Maura has been a teacher/coach at Madison High School for 28 years. 3 seed and ranked No. (function(w, d, s, l, i){ PERSONAL Baseball Tickets. Senderoff, now head coach at Kent State, was hit with a three-year show-cause order. var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text/javascript'; '0' : '') + norm; Monday marked Sampson's 1,000th game as a college head coach. Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson celebrates cutting the net after Houston became American Athletic Conference regular season champions after an NCAA college basketball game between. 1 spot in the . [26] In four seasons with Houston, Dickey amassed a 6462 record with no NCAA Tournament appearances or conference titles. Houston basketball coach Kelvin Sampson, a Pembroke native and member of the Lumbee Tribe, discusses his roots ahead of Final Four SPORTS 'He still carries Mr. Ned with him': Houston coach. The Houston boys' basketball team will enter the 2021-22 season without coach Mike Miller on the sideline.. Miller, a former NBA player and Memphis Tigers assistant coach under Penny Hardaway . [3] Lewis, a former Cougar player, led Houston to 27 straight winning seasons and 14 seasons with 20 or more wins, including 14 trips to the NCAA tournament. Coaches make their Sweet 16 predictions: Which top seed is most vulnerable. [36][37], The following Houston players have been named Conference Player of the Year while at UH. The university is a member of the American Athletic Conference.The program has made six appearances in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four, which is tied for 10th most all-time, along with the most for any team who has not . [5] In the early 1980s, Lewis's Phi Slama Jama teams at UH gained notoriety for their fast-breaking, "above the rim" style of play as well as their overall success. "I have family and friends that I would like to continue to speak to me throughout the remainder of my life," Self said. On March 29, 2006, Sampson was named the head coach at Indiana University following the resignation of Mike Davis. As a 33-year head coaching veteran at Houston, Indiana, Oklahoma, Washington State and Montana Tech, Sampson has compiled a 699-340 record during his career with 17 NCAA Tournament appearances. Conference regular season champion The NCAA barred Sampson from recruiting off campus and making phone calls for one year, ending May 24, 2007. . In March 2014, Dickey stepped down as head coach because of "private family matters". j = d.createElement(s), dl = l != 'dataLayer' ? Men's college basketball Power Rankings: Kansas joins Alabama in the No. Houston is back atop the rankings after posting a 2-0 mark in American Athletic . (function() { In 2018, Houston posted its first Top 25 finish and won its first NCAA tournament game since 1984. [25] ESPN's Mark Schlabach suggested that Indiana wanted to look for a reason not to pay the remaining money he was owed on his contract, and also wanted to eliminate any chance of being sued. }; Print; Grid; Text; Download (PDF) Watch as Coach Kelvin Sampson explains that he believes offense and defense win games but rebounding wins championships. And of all years, and of all games, No. 1/1 Memphis on Jan. 30, 2008. [4], Sampson is married to Karen Lowry. Sampson received bachelors degrees in health and physical education and political science from UNC Pembroke in 1978. Despite the brief introduction, Sampson guided the Cougars to 13 wins, including a 70-68 victory against defending national champion UConn in Hofheinz Pavilion. After losing seasons in each of his first two years, McCallum guided the Cougars to an 1815 record in 200102. Eight straight home games from November 21 to December 29 helped the Cougars get off to an 111 start. In the community, the Cougars have been active, passing out Thanksgiving lunches to Star of Hope Mission residents and leading a Texas Special Olympics event inside Hofheinz Pavilion and the Guy V. Lewis Development Facility during Sampsons tenure. Houston Nike Gear Cougar Pride Sport Navigation Menu Men's Basketball Menu + Schedule Roster Coaches Buy Tickets Join 50-50 Club More Print Season: 2022-23 Men's Basketball Coaching Staff 2022-23 Men's Basketball Support Staff Sponsors Opens in new window Ad Blocker Detected Thanks for visiting uhcougars.com! During his first season at Houston in 2014-15, Sampson and his staff were forced to move quickly after joining the program in April. Following a 9380 win over East Carolina in the first round of the CUSA Tournament, the Cougars beat Memphis 6665, ending a string of four tournament titles for the Tigers. Visit ESPN to view the latest Houston Cougars news, scores, stats, standings, rumors, and more . During the 202122 season, the Cougars won the AAC regular season championship with a 153 conference record. When Houston reached the Sweet 16 last weekend, Kelvin Sampson ripped off his shirt. He was inducted into the Montana Tech Hall of Fame in 1996 and into the UNC Pembroke Athletic Hall of Fame in February 1998. Note: Through 2/25/23. Finally, the Cougars beat #25 ranked UTEP 8173 to earn the conference's bid to the NCAA tournament, their first since 1992. A big win for Kansas won't mean Bill Self ditches his shirt and tie. During Leonard's tenure the program went to new. 22 in the final Associated Press poll and at No. 4 seed and were ranked No. Assistant Coach. The 200506 season looked promising at the outset. Coach Craig Maura is a 34-year veteran of the Houston Independent School District and a proud 1980 graduate of James Madison High School. Donna Finnie. Houston was a segregated city when Lewis took over as Cougars coach. [13] In 2022, Sampson's Cougars overcame season-ending injuries to two key players to win both the regular-season American Athletic Conference crown and the conference tournament and proceeded to advance to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament. s.src = '//img.en25.com/i/elqCfg.min.js'; The official 2022-23 Men's Basketball schedule for the University of Houston Cougars. [23], Penders announced his resignation as Houston head coach on March 22, 2010. Full Bio. 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He has been the Boys Varsity Head Basketball Coach for 21 years. /defensive line/defensive quality control/ special teams/weight room coordinator The next season was even more futile. University of South Carolina Upstate . In his final season in Norman, Sampson guided the Sooners to a 20-9 overall record, including an 11-5 mark in league action, and another berth in the NCAA Tournament. '//www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f); In his career, he has been named a National Coach of the Year six times. 00:00. Women's Basketball Tickets. In 1983, Houston lost in a dramatic title game to the North Carolina State Wolfpack on a last-second dunk by Lorenzo Charles. 'T' + pad(this.getHours()) + He became the second-winningest coach in program history during the 2020-21 season and already ranks as the schools career leader with a .740 winning percentage. The Houston Cougars men's basketball team represents the University of Houston in Houston, Texas, in the NCAA Division I men's basketball competition. Sampson finished with a 103103 record in his seven seasons at WSU. [2] The point guard was team captain for the Braves as a senior and earned four letters in basketball and three in baseball. Playing for his father John W. Ned Sampson, he captained his high school basketball team for two years. } $('body').append($('