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"}}); His Houston teams made the Final Four on five occasions (1967, 1968, 198284) and twice advanced to the NCAA Championship Game (1983, 1984). From 1994 to 2006, he guided the Sooners to NCAA Tournament appearances in 11 of 12 years. He became only the 16th coach in NCAA history to lead multiple schools to the NCAA Final Four. Houston played in front of two home sellouts for the first time since 2007-08 as the Cougars closed out Hofheinz Pavilion to prepare for the Fertitta Center for the 2018-19 season. Legendary UH basketball coach Guy V. Lewis dies Joseph Duarte Nov. 26, 2015 Updated: Nov. 26, 2015 11:11 p.m. 66 Guy V. Lewis, the self-professed "good ol' boy from Arp" and father of the Phi. ARS is available 24/7 to help with all your AC, Heating, Plumbing . Fifteen games (three in November, three in December, four in January, three in February, and two in March) were played at Hofheinz Pavilion. His teams also played in the Big 12 tournament title game on five occasions during the 10 seasons he coached in the Big 12. The 200506 season looked promising at the outset. "I would not do it [because] I would lose that relationship due to the embarrassment I would cause them. The Cougars won three straight games in as many days to capture the American Athletic Conference Championship title inside Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, for the program first conference tournament title since 2010. 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. '&l=' + l : ''; j.async=true;j.src= From 2000 to 2002, Sampson led the Sooners to one of the most successful stretches in school history. With a 27-8 overall record, the Cougars tied for the sixth-most wins in school single-season history and earned their first NCAA Tournament victory since 1984 when guard Rob Gray banked in a layup with 1.2 seconds remaining in a 67-65 win over rv/rv San Diego State in the First Round in Wichita, Kan. The Cougars have appeared in the NAIA tournament twice. 13 Houston's loss Saturday at No.9 Alabama basketball, coaches Kelvin and Kellen Sampson have apologized to UA. Under head coach Alvin Brooks,[11] the basketball program had a disappointing initial season in C-USA. He led the Sooners to the postseason every year of his tenure with NCAA Tournament appearances during each of his first nine seasons. ':' + pad(time_zone_offset % 60); var norm = Math.floor(Math.abs(num)); HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Houston Rockets officially announced the hiring of Stephen Silas as their new head coach. A similar incident happened to Todd Bozeman, who was slapped with an eight-year show-cause order in 1996 and was unable to find work in the college ranks again until 2006. /defensive coordinator/linebackers/kickers/C team James Johnson Varsity Asst. Basketball Coach jobs in Houston, TX Sort by: relevance - date 13 jobs Volunteer Basketball Coach SPACE JAM ELITE Houston, TX 77089 (South Belt - Ellington area) Estimated $31.4K - $39.8K a year Part-time Urgently hiring You will be responsible for training players for aau basketball tournament s. [29] When he was hired at Houston, Sampson became only the fourth coach to get a head coaching job at another school after receiving a show-cause (after Bozeman, Senderoff and Bruce Pearl). He also was honored as the Pac-10 Coach of the Year in 1992. Full Bio. coaches; 1: 1 . [1] Later he played at Pembroke State University (now UNC Pembroke), concentrating on basketball and baseball. In the summer of 1995, he served as the head coach of the United States Junior National Team that competed during the Junior World Games in Athens, Greece. He guided the Cougars to a 33-4 overall record with a 16-2 mark in American Athletic Conference play, the leagues regular-season title and a berth in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 for the first time since 1984. ':' + pad(this.getSeconds()) + 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. The official 2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster for the Houston Christian University Huskies. '&l=' + l : ''; j.async=true;j.src= 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. With 23 victories, Sampson guided Houston to its fifth straight 20-win season, a first in program history. ':' + pad(time_zone_offset % 60); [30], The Houston Cougars have finished in the AP Poll and/or the Coaches Poll 13 times in the program's history. A veteran of 17 NCAA Tournaments, former Houston Rockets coach and longtime college veteran Kelvin Sampson joined the University of Houston Mens Basketball program as its head coach on April 3, 2014. Lauren is the Men's Basketball Director of External Operations at the University of Houston, and Kellen is an assistant coach, also at Houston.[6]. '&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src= at INDIANA Since he joined the staff in July 2004, the Bearkats have compiled a record of 343 wins and 205 losses. In 2000-01, Sampson guided the Sooners to a 26-7 overall record and its first conference tournament title in a decade. Houston was led by twelfth-year head coach Guy Lewis . The Cougars had an all-time NAIA tournament record of 22 in two years. Watch all 11 Houston 3-pointers in Elite Eight win | NCAA.com Sat 11:00 AM PST 3 ALA Sat 5:00 PM PST 4 ARIZ Sat 9:00 AM PST 5 TEXAS Sat 3:00 PM PST 6 TENN Sat 7:00 PM PST 7 UCLA OREGN Sat 1:00. The Cougars enjoyed tremendous success under Sampsons leadership during the 2015-16 season. From 1960 to 1975, the Cougars were not eligible for a conference championship as they were not affiliated with any conference. After a tremendous regular season, the Cougars earned a bid to the NIT for the first time since 2006. Guy V. Lewis, University of Houston basketball coach, was born on March 19, 1922, near Arp, Texas, which is approximately nineteen miles southeast of Tyler in Smith County. 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. 1 in the AP men's college basketball poll on Monday for the third time this season, while Northwestern and Texas A&M barged into the . "@CoachSampsonUH: "Hold my water. Head Coach. /defensive line/defensive quality control/ special teams/weight room coordinator j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'? [12] The last, and only other, time the Cougars recorded only two conference victories in a season was in 195051; their first season in the Missouri Valley Conference. 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His win total tied as the second-highest mark in school single-season history. [5] They have one daughter, Lauren, and one son, Kellen. During the regular season, the Elvin Hayes -fronted Cougars defeated the Lew Alcindor -led UCLA Bruins on January 20 in what was known as the Game of the Century. Playing for his father John W. Ned Sampson, he captained his high school basketball team for two years. Nonetheless, Sampson. A difficult schedule matched the Cougars with seven different teams that would end up qualifying for either the 2007 NCAA Tournament or NIT. Date.prototype.to_iso_with_offset = function() { "Fifty is a tough age," he said with a smile Thursday, as Kansas practiced at the United Center in advance of Friday's NCAA tournament Sweet 16 matchup against the Providence Friars. With Houstons 69-58 win at SMU on Jan. 16, 2019, Sampson earned the 600th win of his career, becoming the 52nd coach in NCAA history (with 10+ years of Division I experience) to reach that milestone. 13 Syracuse in Albany, N.Y., during the Elite Eight. 2 seed Houston Cougars will face No. ':' + pad(this.getMinutes()) + Senderoff, now head coach at Kent State, was hit with a three-year show-cause order. With records of 2211 in 1992 and 2011 in 1994, Sampson became one of only four men to win 20 or more games in a single season in Washington State history. Houston was No. That run was highlighted by a trip to the NCAA Final Four in 2002 and an appearance in the Elite Eight one year later. The NCAA had given Indiana 90 days to respond to the notice. 2 Alabama . 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. })(); return this.getFullYear() + In 1983, Houston lost in a dramatic title game to the North Carolina State Wolfpack on a last-second dunk by Lorenzo Charles. He left with his degree and a year's experience as a graduate assistant under Jud Heathcote. One of Houston's biggest sports icons and one of the Cougars best basketball players ever, Clyde Drexler was hired[13] to coach the program that he led as a player to the 1983 NCAA Final as part of Phi Slama Jama. They then defeated Cincinnati, Tulane and Memphis to win the conference tournament. In 2021, Sampson led them to their first conference tournament crown since 2010. [+] ASSOCIATED PRESS Several times during the 2014-15 men's college basketball season,. He told us the second weekend is when you really get to experience what March Madness is all about. After serving as an interim coach for one season, Sampson guided the Orediggers to a 7345 record in his final four seasons. _elqQ.push(['elqTrackPageView', window.location.href]); After leaving Michigan State, Sampson moved to Montana Tech (of the NAIA) where he became assistant coach. s.src = '//img.en25.com/i/elqCfg.min.js'; [17] Known as "Turnaround Tom" for his reputation of inheriting sub-par basketball programs and making them better, Penders was hired to rebuild a program that recorded only one winning season in its last eight years. College Basketball Hall of famer coach Guy V. Lewis played for Pasche, and eventually became an assistant coach before being handed the job upon Pasche's retirement. Indiana beat first round opponent Gonzaga, losing in the second round to eventual Regional Champion UCLA, 5449. '+' : '-', 23 in the last USA TODAY Coaches poll, marking the third straight season Houston finished among the nations Top 25. [20], As coach at Indiana in October 2007, Sampson again came under scrutiny for making impermissible phone calls. w[l] = w[l] ||[]; w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], Basketball (139) SILVER Because Results Matter! Sampson and his wife, Karen, have a daughter, Lauren, who works as a director of external operations for the team, a son, Kellen, who is an assistant coach with the Cougars, a granddaughter, Maisy and a grandson, Kylen(children of Tonya and Kellen Sampson). Houston High School is proud to announce Mike Miller as our next boys basketball coach. Off the court/field, he earned Deans List recognition and was awarded the Gregory Lowe Memorial Award as the schools outstanding physical education major during his senior year. time_zone_diff + pad(time_zone_offset / 60) + When Sampson first began coaching for Houston in 2014, PaperCity magazine reports that the school's basketball program was "more dormant than a dead raccoon." Yikes. Klein Oak found itself under pressure down the stretch against Cypress Springs in a. Despite the brief introduction, Sampson guided the Cougars to 13 wins, including a 70-68 victory against defending national champion UConn in Hofheinz Pavilion. Terry Holland, who elevated Virginia basketball to national prominence during 16 seasons as coach and later had a distinguished career as an athletic administrator, has died, the school announced . [3] 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. time_zone_diff = time_zone_offset >= 0 ? "I am coaching against my pops . His Cougars also finished No. He was named Kodak District 14 Coach of the Year by the NABC for the second time in three years. In 2019, the Cougars won a school-record 33 games, only the fourth 30-win season in school history. 1 talk . 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. Sampson finished with a Big 12 Tournament record of 177. Eventually it was announced that Sampson would resign, reaching a $750,000 settlement with Indiana. Finally, the Cougars beat #25 ranked UTEP 8173 to earn the conference's bid to the NCAA tournament, their first since 1992. })(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K3TH4CC'); The AAC tournament final, which awards the winner an automatic berth into the Big Dance, is scheduled. 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. [21], Indiana launched an internal investigation that school president Michael McRobbie said would take seven days. Ray McCallum was hired[15] to do what Clyde Drexler could notlead the Cougars to a winning season and earn a spot in the NCAA tournament. [23], Penders announced his resignation as Houston head coach on March 22, 2010. } [34][35], Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year, Sporting News Men's College Basketball Coach of the Year Award, Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year, Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year, NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player, Sporting News Men's College Basketball Player of the Year, UPI College Basketball Player of the Year, Houston has had 22 players receive All-American honors while at UH. Sampson was named head coach at Washington State in 1988 after serving as an assistant for Coach Len Stevens for two seasons. College basketball coaches often get big bonuses for reaching the Final Four. Self saw clips of Houston's celebration following the Cougars' second-round win Sunday over Illinois in Pittsburgh. '0' : '') + norm; 2 Houston, reach men's national championship", "List of AP All-American Teams in Men's Division I Basketball", "UH's Quentin Grimes gets All-American recognition", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Houston_Cougars_men%27s_basketball&oldid=1142073563, AP (1st), USBWA (1st), NABC (1st), UPI (1st), AP (2nd), USBWA (1st), NABC (1st), UPI (1st), AP (1st), USBWA (1st), NABC (1st), UPI (2nd), This page was last edited on 28 February 2023, at 10:37. Houston returned to No. time_zone_diff + pad(time_zone_offset / 60) + . Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator. However, the team lost most of its critical games at the end of the season, including their last two games (both against the UTEP Miners). '&l=' + l : ''; j.async=true;j.src= Print; Grid; Text; Download (PDF) In their first two seasons, the Cougars won Lone Star Conference regular-season titles and qualified for postseason play in the NAIA Men's Basketball tournaments in 1946 and 1947. With wins over Cleveland State, Rutgers, Syracuse and Oregon State, the Cougars advanced to the programs first NCAA Final Four since 1984. Wt. Sampson became the fifteenth coach to have reached a Final Four again after a gap of over ten years, having last reached the Final Four in 2002 (only Ray Meyer, Lon Kruger, and Lou Henson had a longer gap between Final Four appearances). 1 for the second consecutive week in the . [19], Prior to the findings by the NCAA, Kelvin Sampson was the President of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), an organization that supports basketball coaches across the country. Read More Serves Houston, TX 6 years in business Get Started View Profile Daniels Camilo Basketball He was an assistant coach under George Karl for the US national team in the 2002 FIBA World Championship. return this.getFullYear() + After winning the AAC Tournament, the Cougars were awarded a #2 seed in the NCAA Tournament. 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. During Leonard's tenure the program went to new. [31], Houston leads Rice in the series 6518 through the 202122 season. The Houston Cougars men's basketball team represents the University of Houston in Houston, Texas, in the NCAA Division I men's basketball competition. So that will not happen here.". 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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. Point guard Galen Robinson, Jr., was named to the leagues All-Rookie Team. Sampson returns to the arena he once called home for the first time since that night (Feb. 19, 2008, to be precise). These teams attracted great public interest with their entertaining style of play. After losing seasons in each of his first two years, McCallum guided the Cougars to an 1815 record in 200102. 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 . _elqQ.push(['elqUseFirstPartyCookie', 't.uhcougars.com']); else if (window.attachEvent) window.attachEvent('onload', async_load); 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. [26] ESPN's Pat Forde said that Sampson's departure was "preordained" the moment the NCAA sent out its notice of allegations, and suggested that Sampson might never coach in Division I again. He has been the Boys Varsity Head Basketball Coach for 21 years. document.write = function(content) { Sampson earned a combined nine varsity letters and was an All-Three Rivers Conference selection in each of the three sports in 1973-74. 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. Cougars coach Kelvin Sampson, who turned 66 in October, ripped off his shirt in the locker room and was doused in water by his players. Updated: Feb 20, 2023 / 12:15 PM EST. j = d.createElement(s), dl = l != 'dataLayer' ? Sampson is enjoying the most successful stretch of his career, guiding Houston to a Final Four last year and three consecutive Sweet 16 appearances. [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. var native_write = document.write; @UHouston fans: "What a #MarchMadness win Now, we've seen it all. He guided OU to nine consecutive 20-win seasons. Sampson is currently the second-winningest coach in UH history, behind only Hall of Famer Guy Lewis. Sampson led Houston to the NIT in his second and third seasons. For his and his teams impressive achievements all season, Sampson received the John McLendon National Coach of the Year Award, the fourth national coaching honor of his career. The NCAA alleged that Sampson knowingly violated telephone recruiting restrictions imposed on him. Sampson also participated in functions for the American Lung Association, American Cancer Society, Boys and Girls Clubs, Boy Scouts of America and the Childrens Miracle Network. Just don't expect the same if Kansas wins Friday. [30], Houston has appeared in 15 conference tournament finals in their history, winning 8 of them. x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); Sampson led Houston to the NIT in his second and third seasons. The 200809 season began on November 11 with a two-point loss to the Georgia Southern Eagles; this was the first game of the Division I college basketball season and the opening game of the 2K Sports Classic tournament in Durham, North Carolina. Lewis was a major force in the racial integration of college athletics in the South during the 1960s, being one of the first major college coaches in the region to actively recruit African-American athletes. [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.
