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Houston's Kelvin Sampson Has Son Earmarked

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Houston coach Kelvin Sampson pays it forward, just as Gregg Popovich once did

His coaching adversary Saturday night, Duke’s Jon Scheyer, serves as a perfect example of this. When Scheyer replaced the legendary Mike Krzyzewski three years ago, the first scrimmage he scheduled was against Sampson’s Cougars.

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Notebook: What Spurs, San Antonio mean to Houston’s Kelvin Sampson

The setting of San Antonio offers more than a nice home-state advantage to Houston in this year's Final Four. For Cougars coach Kelvin Sampson, Gregg Popovich and the San Antonio Spurs provided a career lifeline when his tumultuous tenure at Indiana ended.

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How did Kelvin Sampson end up at Houston? Cougars' head coach career, revisited

How did Kelvin Sampson become the Houston men's basketball coach? A look back at the NCAA sanctions that helped lead Sampson to the Cougars:

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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.

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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.

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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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Gregg Popovich's message to Kelvin Sampson after UH reached Final Four. 'Enjoy the win with a good red'

A trip to the Final Four in San Antonio has special meaning for University of Houston coach Kelvin Sampson. It was there that Spurs coach Gregg Popovich offered a lifeline in 2008, just a day after Sampson was fired at Indiana,

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'Just like Pop': Kelvin Sampson cherishes friendship with Hoosier native Gregg Popovich

Kelvin Sampson was overjoyed at a message he received from San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich. The two became coaching teammates after Sampson's ouster at IU. Popovich, a Merrillville grad, brought Sampson on his staff. Sampson's Houston Cougars won ...

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Kelvin Sampson shares the message he got from Gregg Popovich after Houston beat Tennessee Sunday

INDIANAPOLIS — Houston Cougars head coach Kelvin Sampson has a strong bond with Gregg Popovich, one of the winningest head coaches in the NBA. After the Coogs earned a trip to the Final Four with a win over Tennessee Sunday, Sampson heard from his good friend.

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Houston's Kelvin Sampson Shares Heartfelt Gregg Popovich Message

Gregg Popovich's statement holds true. Houston Cougars coach Kelvin Sampson and company won't arrive in San Antonio until later this week. “I’m the happiest person in San Antonio today," Popovich Sampson said after Houston's 69-50 win over the Tennessee Volunteers.

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Spurs proud of connection to Kelvin Sampson

Before Kelvin Sampson led Houston to the NCAA national championship game, he was a coaching consultant with the San Antonio Spurs

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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's Kelvin Sampson vs. Florida's Todd Golden is riveting matchup, battle of ages for NCAA championship

Sampson, 69, will face Golden, 39, in a rare instance of coaches separated by two generations for a national championship