The 2024-25 season was a season of firsts for Houston under legendary coach Kelvin Sampson: It was the first to win the Big ...

Sampson previously had been a Division I coach at Washington State, Oklahoma and Indiana. He took WSU to the NCAA tournament in 1994 and went to 11 NCAA tournaments in 12 seasons at Oklahoma ...

Born and raised in the heart of Lumbee Tribal Territory, Sampson proudly serves as a role model for Lumbee youth and Native ...

Kelvin Sampson's the new guy in charge. The former assistant coach for the Houston Rockets, Sampson's had numerous NCAA stops, getting Oklahoma and Indiana into the NCAA tourney on multiple occasions.

But former coach Kelvin Sampson, the man at the center of the scandal, faces recruiting restrictions through November 2013 if hired by another school.