Kelvin Sampson
Sampson in Kuwait, 2006
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| Houston Cougars | |
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| Position | Head coach |
| League | American Athletic Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
October 5, 1955 Laurinburg, North Carolina |
| Career information | |
| High school | Pembroke (Pembroke, North Carolina) |
| College | UNC Pembroke (1973–1978) |
| Position | Guard |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 1979–1980 | Michigan State (assistant) |
| 1980–1981 | Montana Tech (assistant) |
| 1981–1985 | Montana Tech |
| 1985–1987 | Washington State (assistant) |
| 1987–1994 | Washington State |
| 1994–2006 | Oklahoma |
| 2006–2008 | Indiana |
| 2008–2011 | Milwaukee Bucks (assistant) |
| 2011–2014 | Houston Rockets (assistant) |
| 2014–present | Houston |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Kelvin Matthew Sampson (born October 5, 1955) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Houston Cougars men's basketball team. He was a head coach at Montana Tech from 1981 to 1985, Washington State University from 1987 to 1994, the University of Oklahoma from 1994 to 2006, and Indiana University 2006 to 2008. He has also been an assistant coach for several NBA teams including the Milwaukee Bucks and Houston Rockets.
Sampson was born in the Lumbee Indian 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 played for his father John W. "Ned" Sampson. His father was also one of the 500 Lumbee Native Americans who made national news by driving the Ku Klux Klan out of Maxton, North Carolina in what is annually celebrated by the Lumbee as the Battle of Hayes Pond. Later he played at Pembroke State University (now UNC Pembroke), concentrating on basketball and baseball. The point guard was team captain for the Braves as a senior and earned four letters in basketball and three in baseball. He earned Dean's List recognition throughout his collegiate career and received the Gregory Lowe Memorial Award as the school's outstanding physical education major his senior year.
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