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Kelvin Sampson
M.S. 1980
Recipient of 2005 KIN
Professional Achievement Award
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Mr. Kelvin Sampson received his master's degree
from Michigan State University in the coaching and sports
administration concentration in 1980. While at MSU, he served as a
graduate assistant coach under Jud Heathcote. He is currently head
coach of the men's basketball team at the University of Oklahoma,
where he has built a successful 10-year record of 234 victories,
taken his team to nine NCAA tournaments, three Sweet-16 appearances,
two Elite-Eight appearances, and a Final Four appearance in 2002.
Coach Sampon holds a 410-240 career record. He was
named national coach of the year after his first year at Oklahoma,
in 1995, by the Associated Press, United States Basketball
Underwriters Association, and Basketball Weekly. He also earned
national coach of the year honors following the 2001-2002 season
from the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and
CBS/Chevrolet. He has been a board member of the NABC for 9 years
and served as the association's president in 2003-2004.
Prior to becoming head coach at Oklahoma, Coach
Sampson served as head coach of the Cougars basketball squad at
Washington State University for 7 years, and head coach at Montana
Tech for 5 years before Washington State. He was inducted into the
Montana Tech Hall of Fame in 1996. Additional achievements include
assistant coach of the 2002 U.S. World Basketball Championship Team,
head coach of the U.S. Junior National Team in 1995, assistant coach
at the Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1994, and head
coach of the West Team at the U.S. Olympic Festival in 1993. Today,
we honor him with a Professional Achievement Award from the
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