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Final Four coaches Pearl, Sampson, once outcasts, now reflect changes in the college game

The Washington Times 04 Apr 2025
A decade ago, Bruce Pearl of Auburn and Kelvin Sampson of Houston were emerging from exile - two coaches who had been handed the harshest sanction imaginable by the NCAA and were looking to resurrect their once-successful careers ... .
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Once pariahs, now winners: Pearl, Sampson reflect changing college game

TimesDaily 04 Apr 2025
SAN ANTONIO — A decade ago, Bruce Pearl of Auburn and Kelvin Sampson of Houston were emerging from exile — two coaches who had been handed the harshest sanction imaginable by the NCAA and were looking to resurrect their once-successful ... .
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Final Four coaches Pearl, Sampson, once outcasts, now reflect changes in college game

The Washington Times 04 Apr 2025
A decade ago, Bruce Pearl of Auburn and Kelvin Sampson of Houston were emerging from exile - two coaches who had been handed the harshest sanction imaginable by the NCAA and were looking to resurrect their once-successful careers ... .
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Sampson hopes to give Cougars national crown

Tyler Morning Telegraph 04 Apr 2025
From 1967 through the spring of ‘84, a pivotal stretch in the life of yours truly, the University of Houston made five Final Fours, officially elevating the Cougars to the big boys club. Over the course of those seminal years, ....
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Kevin Sherrington: Kelvin Sampson has chance to right Houston’s old wrongs in Cougars’ latest Final ...

Killeen Daily Herald 04 Apr 2025
DALLAS — From 1967 through the spring of ‘84, a pivotal stretch in the life of yours truly, the University of Houston made five Final Fours, officially elevating the Cougars to the big boys club. Over the course of those ....
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'We are not in a fishbowl anymore': Kelvin Sampson's comfy in Houston

Houston Chronicle 04 Apr 2025
The Houston Cougars coach enjoys being in a place where "nobody knows who you are." ... .
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Before Duke basketball game, Houston players reveal top Kelvin Sampson quotes at Final Four

Citizen Times 04 Apr 2025
Walker is referring to Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson’s “Kelvinisms,” sayings the 69-year-old leader has used relentlessly around his players throughout 11 seasons with the Cougars (34-4).
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Kelvin Sampson coaching timeline: How many teams has Houston HC coached and career record

Sportingnews 04 Apr 2025
Houston has made seven consecutive NCAA Tournaments, all under the tutelage of Kelvin Sampson ... Sampson played college basketball at Pembroke State and was a guard there from 1973-1978 ... 📲 Follow The Sporting News on WhatsAppKelvin Sampson teams coached.
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Final Four coaches Pearl, Sampson reflect a changing game

Lima Ohio 04 Apr 2025
SAN ANTONIO — A decade ago, Bruce Pearl of Auburn and Kelvin Sampson of Houston were emerging from exile — two coaches who had been handed the harshest sanction imaginable by the NCAA and were looking to resurrect their once-successful careers.
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Once pariahs, now winners: Final Four coaches Bruce Pearl and Kelvin Sampson a reflection of ...

Baltimore Sun 04 Apr 2025
SAN ANTONIO — A decade ago, Bruce Pearl of Auburn and Kelvin Sampson of Houston were emerging from exile — two coaches who had been handed the harshest sanction imaginable by the NCAA and were looking to resurrect their once-successful careers.
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Final Four: Auburn’s Bruce Pearl, Houston’s Kelvin Sampson reflect shifting priorities

LA Daily News 04 Apr 2025
SAN ANTONIO — A decade ago, Bruce Pearl of Auburn and Kelvin Sampson of Houston were emerging from exile – two coaches who had been handed the harshest sanction imaginable by the NCAA and were looking to resurrect their once-successful careers.
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As Lumbee Tribe looks for federal recognition, Kelvin Sampson is 'carrying the banner' for more ...

CBS Sports 04 Apr 2025
In the Lumbee Tribe's hub of Pembroke, population 2,832, they will be rooting on Houston coach Kelvin Sampson, a local hero from this tightly knit and often overlooked Native American community ... Sampson shaped by Lumbee culture.
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Kelvin Sampson heads to Final Four having rebuilt Houston basketball and coaching career

Usatoday 04 Apr 2025
SAN ANTONIO – Roughly five years ago, somewhere between nothing and everything, Fran Fraschilla asked Kelvin Sampson why ... None of which answered Fraschilla’s question those years ago, when he asked Sampson what brought him back to college.
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Kelvin Sampson isn't taking Houston to Final Four with a superstar but rather a superpower

The Oklahoman 04 Apr 2025
Kelvin Sampson sat close enough to the front of the charter bus to be serenaded by the steady click-click, click-click, click-click of the blinking hazard lights ...Somehow,” Sampson said, “that seems natural.” ... “We’re not real fancy,” Sampson said.
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