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Monday will mark the first championship game appearance for Sampson and the first for the Cougars since back-to-back trips in 1983-84.
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Shortly after Monday night’s championship game ends, the winning coach will receive a trophy from NCAA president Charlie Baker, who will have spent much of his day monitoring a courtroom hearing in S...
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How old is Kelvin Sampson? Age, more to know about Houston basketball coach
Sampson was born on Oct. 5, 1955, making him 69. He was the fourth oldest coach in this year's NCAA Tournament, as only St. Johns' Rick Pitino (72), Tennessee's Rick Barnes (70) and Michigan State's Tom Izzo (70) are currently older than Sampson.
Houston Cougars coach Kelvin Sampson: The No. 1 thing every good leader needs 'to come to grips with'—if you don't, you'll 'fail at every level'
Houston Cougars basketball coach Kelvin Sampson says he built a culture of winning from four leadership tenets: consistency, competence, confidence and confrontation.
Houston's Kelvin Sampson Has Son Earmarked As Coach in Waiting
The Cougars play for the national championship on Monday night. If Houston's Kelvin Sampson were to retire, his son would be the new head coach.
Kelvin Sampson's old-school Houston program is a reminder of a disappearing era
If Houston wins this title as college sports become professionalized, it’ll be remembered as relic of days when culture mattered more than contracts.
Houston basketball coach Kelvin Sampson, a North Carolina native, looks to cement legacy with NCAA championship
As the pinnacle of the college basketball season tips off in the NCAA championship game on Monday night, one of the leaders of the final two teams originally resided from southeastern North Carolina.
Kelvin Sampson left NC and never came back, but still represents the best of the state
Kelvin Sampson’s career has taken him elsewhere, all the way to Monday night’s NCAA national title game with Houston, but he’s never far from his Lumbee roots, or upbringing in Robeson County.
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Houston's Kelvin Sampson on why he didn't make a big deal of Purdue's home-court advantage
INDIANAPOLIS -- It was clear the Houston men's basketball team had the smallest fanbase at Lucas ... just 67 miles up Interstate 65. Houston coach Kelvin Sampson made it clear: He didn't care. When asked Thursday if he had any thoughts on Purdue's ...
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Houston basketball coach Kelvin Sampson says college basketball is 'smarter than all of us'
Kelvin Sampson offered his thoughts on the state of college basketball: NIL, collectives, revenue-sharing and more. A rested Kelvin Sampson seemed relieved to be coaching his Houston basketball team another day, more so than the first time he met the media ...
Coach says playing in Big 12 helped Houston: ‘Yeah, I brought up the Kansas game’
Kelvin Sampson, who will coach Houston in Monday night’s NCAA title game, reminded the media the Cougars went 19-1 in the Big 12 Conference this season.
What is Phi Slama Jama? Looking back at Houston basketball's famous 1980s teams
Phi Slama Jama was the moniker given to Houston’s men’s basketball team during the 1982-83 season, with the label later encompassing a three-year stretch, from 1981-84, in which the Cougars made the Final Four every season.
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NCAA national championship prediction: Houston an overwhelming favorite by experts
Several college basketball experts believe Houston will finally cut down the nets and win a national title on Monday. It’s a stark contrast to the Cougars’ prev
Florida’s analytical whiz kid vs. Houston’s old-school grinder? Think deeper
Kelvin Sampson may scoff at the term analytics, but he has embraced math and probabilities as valuable tools in shaping his decisions.
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Houston uncorked mayhem in the penultimate game of this year's NCAA Tournament with an amazing comeback Saturday to defeat Duke 70-67 in the Final Four. The Cougars erased a 14-point second-half deficit and closed on a 25-8 run to stun the Blue Devils, tying for the second-largest Final Four comeback in the last decade.
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