Kelvin Sampson
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| Kelvin Sampson | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| Sport | Basketball | |
| Born | October 5, 1955 | |
| Place of birth | Laurinburg, NC | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 488-269 (.645) | |
| Championships | ||
| Big 12 Tournament Championship (2001, 2002, 2003) Big 12 Regular Season Championship (2005) |
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| Awards | ||
| NABC National Coach of the Year (2002) Associated Press National Coach of the Year (1995) Big Eight Coach of the Year (1995) Pac-10 Coach of the Year (1991) |
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| Playing career | ||
| 1974–1978 | Pembroke State | |
| Position | Guard | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1979–1980 1980–1981 1981–1985 1985–1987 1987–1994 1994–2006 2006–2008 2009-present |
Michigan State (asst.) Montana Tech (asst.) Montana Tech Washington State (asst.) Washington State Oklahoma Indiana Milwaukee Bucks |
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Kelvin Sampson (born October 5, 1955) is an assistant coach of the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association. He previously was a men's college basketball coach at Montana Tech (1981-85), Washington State University (1987-94), University of Oklahoma (1994-2006) and Indiana University (2006-08).
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[edit] Early life and coaching
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 was awarded the Gregory Lowe Memorial Award as the school's outstanding physical education major his senior year.
After earning degrees from Pembroke State in both health and physical education and political science, Sampson pursued his master's degree in coaching and administration at Michigan State University. He left with his degree and a year's experience as a graduate assistant under Jud Heathcote.
Sampson then moved to Montana Tech (of the NAIA) where he was named assistant coach. After serving as an interim coach for one season, Sampson guided the Orediggers to a 73-45 record in his final four seasons. Montana Tech had won just 17 games combined in the three years prior to his arrival. Sampson turned in three consecutive 22-win seasons and claimed three Frontier Conference championships at Montana Tech. 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.
For the past two years (2005 and 2006) Coach Sampson has been among some of the nation's best college basketball coaches participating in "Operation Hardwood, Hoops With the Troops." Operation Hardwood is an eight-team basketball tournament for the troops which is located in Kuwait. Some of the coaches Sampson joined were Texas' Rick Barnes, Michigan State's Tom Izzo, and Minnesota's Tubby Smith.
Sampson is married to the former Karen Lowery. They have one daughter, Lauren and one son, Kellen. Lauren is the Director of Sports Marketing at College of Charleston, while Kellen was a former walk-on for the Oklahoma basketball team.
[edit] Tenure at Washington State
After five years at Montana Tech Sampson joined the staff at Washington State University as an assistant to Len Stevens. After two years under Stevens, Sampson was named the head coach of the Washington State Cougars in 1988. When Sampson led the team to the NIT in 1992, it marked the first time Washington State had participated in postseason play since 1983. He was named Kodak District 14 Coach of the Year by the NABC for the second time in three years. He first won the award in 1991 when his Cougar squad produced the school's first winning season since 1983. Sampson was also named Pac-10 Coach of the Year in 1992. In his final year at the school in 1994 he led the Cougars to their first NCAA Tournament berth in 11 years. With records of 22-11 in 1992 and 20-11 in 1994, Sampson became one of only four men to win 20 or more games in a single season in Washington State history.
[edit] Tenure at Oklahoma
Sampson became the 11th head coach at the University of Oklahoma on April 25, 1994. Sampson was named national coach of the year in 1995 (his first year at OU) by the Associated Press, United States Basketball Writers Association and Basketball Weekly after guiding the Sooners to 23-9 overall and 15-0 home marks. It was the second-best overall record posted by a first-year coach in Big 8 history.
Coach Sampson possesses the highest winning percentage in Oklahoma history (.721). He guided OU to eight consecutive 20-win seasons. He averaged 25.0 wins over those eight campaigns and 26.0 victories over the last six years. He directed the Sooners to postseason tournament berths in each of his 11 seasons (10 NCAA Tournaments), with a Sweet 16 showing in 1999, a Final Four appearance in 2002 and an Elite Eight appearance in 2003. His teams have also played in the Big 12 Tournament title game five times in the past eight years. In 2001, 2002, and 2003 the Sooners won that tournament. Sampson has won more Big 12 games than any coach in the conference's history and also holds the conference's best Big 12 Tournament record (17-6).
The University of Oklahoma is where Sampson earned his nickname "Mr. Blue Shirt" as he only wears blue dress shirts when he coaches.
[edit] Tenure at Indiana
On March 29, 2006 Sampson was named the head coach at Indiana University following the resignation of Mike Davis. Upon taking the reins of the Indiana Hoosiers he noted, "I love my job at Oklahoma and I would not leave OU for any job unless it was a job like Indiana. My family and I have had 12 great years at Oklahoma, the best years of our life, but Indiana is one of the great programs in college basketball and if they call and offer, it is a job as a coach that you have to take."[1]
In his first season at Indiana, Sampson led the Hoosiers to a 21-11 record overall and a 34th appearance in the NCAA tournament as a 7th seed in the West. Indiana beat first round opponent Gonzaga, losing in the second round to eventual Regional Champion UCLA, 49-54.
On Friday, February 22, 2008, Sampson was forced to resign due to allegations of serious NCAA violations (see below).
[edit] San Antonio Spurs
On March 8, 2008 Sampson was hired in an advisory role by the San Antonio Spurs.[2]
[edit] Milwaukee Bucks
On May 14, 2008 Sampson was hired as assistant coach of the Bucks under Scott Skiles.
[edit] Controversy
Sampson played a role in the controversial recruitment of star player Eric Gordon, who signed with Indiana after reneging on an early verbal commitment to the University of Illinois. Sampson was criticized by fellow coaches for failing to communicate with Illinois coach Bruce Weber about the recruitment,[3] and some observers said that Sampson's recruitment of the verbally-committed Gordon was unethical.[4]
In addition to the Gordon incident, Sampson has been in the middle of a number of other controversies. Under Sampson's watch, Oklahoma was placed under a three-year investigation by the NCAA for recruiting violations. At the end of the their investigation, the NCAA issued a report citing more than 550 illegal calls made by Sampson and his staff to 17 different recruits. The NCAA barred Sampson from recruiting off campus and making phone calls for one year, ending May 24, 2007.[5]
Prior to the findings by the NCAA, Kelvin Sampson was the President of the NABC, an organization that supports basketball coaches across the country. During his tenure the Ethics Committee of the NABC was formed to address the many problems with violations that college basketball faced going into the 2003 season. 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 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.[6]
As coach at Indiana in October of 2007, Sampson again came under scrutiny for making impermissible phone calls. Despite being restricted from making any outbound recruiting phone calls, Sampson participated in approximately 10 conference calls with recruits that violate the terms of the sanctions levied against him by the NCAA. IU assistant Rob Senderoff (who has since announced his resignation) also made some 35 impermissible phone calls to recruits from his home. On February 8, 2008, the NCAA informed Indiana that Sampson and Indiana had committed five "major" rules violations. The NCAA alleged that Sampson knowingly violated telephone recruiting restrictions imposed on him. More seriously, the NCAA also alleged that Sampson lied to IU and NCAA officials regarding his involvement in the impermissible calls.[7]
Indiana launched an internal investigation that school president Michael McRobbie said would take seven days. On February 14, 2008, ESPN reported that Sampson's status as coach of the Hoosiers would be decided on a "game-by-game basis."[8]. Fox Sports reported that Sampson was to be fired on February 22, 2008,[9] but later reports indicated that Sampson would be suspended without pay. Eventually it was announced that Sampson would resign, reaching a $750,000 settlement with Indiana. In return, Sampson agreed not to sue Indiana for wrongful termination. Assistant Dan Dakich was named as interim head coach for the rest of the season.[10]
According to many college basketball pundits, however, Sampson had virtually no chance of keeping his job once the allegations broke. Sports Illustrated college basketball columnist Seth Davis implied that Indiana officials had already decided Sampson was guilty, based on the fact that its internal investigation would only last a week. The NCAA had given Indiana 90 days to respond to the notice.[11] 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. 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.[12] ESPN's Pat Forde said that Sampson's departure was "preordained" the moment the NCAA sent out its notice of allegations, and that it is very unlikely Sampson will ever coach again in Division I.[13]
[edit] National basketball
Sampson coached the 2004 Under-21 USA national team to a gold medal in Under-21 Tournament of the Americas in Halifax, Nova Scotia, after it posted a 5-0 record. He was an assistant coach under George Karl for the US national team in the 2002 FIBA World Championship.[14] 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.
In the summer of 1994, Sampson was selected to coach at the Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg, Russia. He served as an assistant to former Southern California head coach George Raveling. The team earned a bronze medal and competed against USA Basketball's Dream Team II following the games. In 1993, Sampson was selected head coach of the West team at the U.S. Olympic Festival in San Antonio, Texas. His squad won the silver medal.
[edit] Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Montana Tech (Frontier Conference) (1981 — 1985) | |||||||||
| 1981–1982 | Montana Tech | 7-20 | 0-15 | 6th | |||||
| 1982–1983 | Montana Tech | 22-9 | 10-5 | 3rd | |||||
| 1983–1984 | Montana Tech | 22-7 | 11-4 | 1st | |||||
| 1984–1985 | Montana Tech | 22-9 | 12-3 | 1st | |||||
| Montana Tech: | 73-45 | 33-27 | |||||||
| Washington State (Pacific Ten Conference) (1987 — 1994) | |||||||||
| 1987–1988 | Washington State | 13-16 | 7-11 | 6th | |||||
| 1988–1989 | Washington State | 10-19 | 4-14 | 8th | |||||
| 1989–1990 | Washington State | 7-22 | 1-17 | 10th | |||||
| 1990–1991 | Washington State | 16-12 | 8-10 | T-5th | |||||
| 1991–1992 | Washington State | 22-11 | 9-9 | T-5th | NIT 2nd Round | ||||
| 1992–1993 | Washington State | 15-12 | 9-9 | T-5th | |||||
| 1993–1994 | Washington State | 20-11 | 10-8 | 4th | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| Washington State: | 103-103 | 48-78 | |||||||
| Oklahoma (Big Eight Conference) (1994 — 1996) | |||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Oklahoma | 23-9 | 9-5 | 3rd | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 1995–1996 | Oklahoma | 17-13 | 8-6 | 3rd | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| Oklahoma (Big 12 Conference) (1996 — 2006) | |||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Oklahoma | 19-11 | 9-7 | 6th | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 1997–1998 | Oklahoma | 22-11 | 11-5 | T-2nd | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 1998–1999 | Oklahoma | 22-11 | 11-5 | T-2nd | NCAA Sweet 16 | ||||
| 1999–2000 | Oklahoma | 27-7 | 12-4 | T-3rd | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| 2000–2001 | Oklahoma | 26-7 | 12-4 | T-2nd | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 2001–2002 | Oklahoma | 31-5 | 13-3 | 2nd | NCAA Final Four | ||||
| 2002–2003 | Oklahoma | 27-7 | 12-4 | 3rd | NCAA Elite Eight | ||||
| 2003–2004 | Oklahoma | 20-11 | 8-8 | 7th | NIT 2nd Round | ||||
| 2004–2005 | Oklahoma | 25-8 | 12-4 | T-1st | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| 2005–2006 | Oklahoma | 20-9 | 11-5 | 3rd | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| Oklahoma: | 279-109 | 128-60 | |||||||
| Indiana (Big Ten Conference) (2006 — 2008) | |||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Indiana | 21-11 | 10-6 | 3rd | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| 2007–2008 | Indiana | 22-4 | 11-2 | -- | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| Indiana: | 43-14 | 21-7 | |||||||
| Total: | 496-271 | ||||||||
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National Champion Conference Champion Conference Tournament Champion |
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[edit] References
- ^ Sampson headed to Indiana. Retrieved on 2008-02-22.
- ^ Spurs hire Kelvin Sampson. Retrieved on 2008-03-22.
- ^ Hoosiers-Illini Recruiting Feud a Hot Topic. Retrieved on 2008-01-01.
- ^ A few wins gets Sampson some cheating immunity. Retrieved on 2008-02-09.
- ^ Sampson barred from off-campus recruiting. Retrieved on 2008-02-22.
- ^ NABC Ethics Committee Reprimands Coach Kelvin Sampson. Retrieved on 2008-02-22.
- ^ NCAA notice of allegations against Sampson
- ^ Source: Sampson's status as coach appears to be game-by-game. Retrieved on 2008-02-14.
- ^ Sources: Indiana Fires Sampson. Retrieved on 2008-02-21.
- ^ Indiana, Sampson reach $750,000 settlement to part ways. Retrieved on 2008-02-22.
- ^ Davis, Seth. "End of a sad saga", Sports Illustrated, 2008-02-22. Retrieved on 2008-02-23.
- ^ Schlabach, Mark. "IU's Sampson investigation is a moot point", ESPN, 2008-02-15. Retrieved on 2008-02-23.
- ^ Forde, Pat. "Dark day at Indiana ends a messy, ugly saga with Sampson", ESPN, 2008-02-15. Retrieved on 2008-02-23.
- ^ 2002 USA Basketball
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| NAME | Sampson, Kelvin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Basketball player and coach; Native American |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 5, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Laurinburg, NC |
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