Kelvin Sampson

Alma Mater:

Pembroke (NC) State

Class of:

1978

Hometown:

Pembroke, NC

Named national coach of the year in 1995 (AP and USBWA) and 2002 (NABC)
Reached 2002 Final Four
Won three consecutive Big 12 Conference Tournament championships from 2001 through 2003
Assistant coach at Michigan State under Jud Heathcote for one season in 1979-80, at Montana Tech under Fred Paulsen for half of the 1980-81 season, at Washington State under Len Stevens for two seasons in 1985-86 and 1986-87, and with the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks under Scott Skiles for three seasons from 2008-09 through 2010-11
Final Top 20 Rankings (seven: AP/UPI/USA)--1995 (17/19/NR), 1999 (NR/19), 2000 (12/19), 2001 (13/19), 2002 (3/4), 2003 (3/7), 2005 (17/20) and 2006 (24/NR)
All-Americans (five): Oklahoma's Ryan Minor (1995 and 1996), Eduardo Najera (2000) and Hollis Price (2003) and Indiana's Eric Gordon (2008) and D.J. White (2008).

Record:

Season	School	Overall	League	Finish	Conference (Division)	Postseason (Record)
1980-81	Montana Tech*	2-14	2-13	6th	Frontier	DNP
1981-82	Montana Tech	7-20	0-15	6th	Frontier	DNP
1982-83	Montana Tech	22-9	10-5	3rd	Frontier	DNP
1983-84	Montana Tech	22-7	11-4	1st	Frontier	DNP
1984-85	Montana Tech	22-9	12-3	1st	Frontier	DNP
1987-88	Washington State	13-16	7-11	6th	Pacific-10	DNP
1988-89	Washington State	10-19	4-14	8th	Pacific-10	DNP
1989-90	Washington State	7-22	1-17	10th	Pacific-10	DNP
1990-91	Washington State	16-12	8-10	T-5th	Pacific-10	DNP
1991-92	Washington State	22-11	9-9	T-5th	Pacific-10	NIT (1-1)
1992-93	Washington State	15-12	9-9	T-5th	Pacific-10	DNP
1993-94	Washington State	20-11	10-8	4th	Pacific-10	NCAA (0-1)
1994-95	Oklahoma	23-9	9-5	3rd	Big Eight	NCAA (0-1)
1995-96	Oklahoma	17-13	8-6	3rd	Big Eight	NCAA (0-1)
1996-97	Oklahoma	19-11	9-7	6th	Big 12	NCAA (0-1)
1997-98	Oklahoma	22-11	11-5	T-2nd	Big 12	NCAA (0-1)
1998-99	Oklahoma	22-11	11-5	T-2nd	Big 12	NCAA (2-1)
1999-00	Oklahoma	27-7	12-4	T-3rd	Big 12	NCAA (1-1)
2000-01	Oklahoma	26-7	12-4	T-2nd	Big 12	NCAA (0-1)
2001-02	Oklahoma	31-5	13-3	2nd	Big 12	NCAA (4-1)
2002-03	Oklahoma	27-7	12-4	3rd	Big 12	NCAA (3-1)
2003-04	Oklahoma	20-11	8-8	7th	Big 12	NIT (1-1)
2004-05	Oklahoma	25-8	12-4	T-1st	Big 12	NCAA (1-1)
2005-06	Oklahoma	20-9	11-5	3rd	Big 12	NCAA (0-1)
2006-07	Indiana	21-11	10-6	3rd	Big Ten	NCAA (1-1)
2007-08	Indiana**	22-4	11-2	3rd	Big Ten	DNP

* Montana Tech was 5-22 overall in 1980-81 when Sampson became interim head coach in mid-season.
** Agreed to a contract buyout in late February amid the NCAA charging him with five major rules violations, turning the program over to interim coach Dan Dakich, who compiled a 3-4 mark.

26-Year Coaching Record: 500-286 (.636) overall
75-59 (.560) in five years at Montana Tech
103-103 (.500) in seven years at Washington State
279-109 (.719) in 12 years at Oklahoma
43-15 (.741) in two years at Indiana
35-40 (.467) in Frontier Conference
48-78 (.381) in Pacific-10 Conference
17-11 (.607) in Big Eight Conference
99-45 (.688) in Big 12 Conference
21-8 (.724) in Big Ten Conference
2-3 (.400) in Pacific-10 Tournament
1-2 (.333) in Big Eight Tournament
17-7 (.708) in Big 12 Tournament
0-1 (.000) in Big Ten Tournament
12-13 (.480) in NCAA Tournament
2-2 (.500) in NIT

Kelvin Sampson

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