How good a coach is Kelvin Sampson?

[TDs3nOut]

Curious what the CBB fans on this board think.

Myself? I love him. lol

 

[NDHoosier101]

Trash.

 

[Hitman Hart]

Looking at his resume, he's a winner.

The concern is the off the court stuff though.

He's from North Carolina, so it would've been nice if Wake had made a run at him in 2014 (Manning is like the ultimate unknown at this point. Have no idea how he's going to pan out. Could be great, could be bad. Have no idea at this point). The higher ups at Wake are way too stuck up to ever do that with his baggage though.

 

[Wishbone]

Ugly style of ball but he gets results.

 

[lilchi721]

Did well at Oklahoma

 

[DJ Fieri]

He's really good but a notch below the elite coaches imo.

 

[outofyourmind]

It always seemed like he had no real offensive philosophy or plays.

 

[tducey]

Seems like a decent coach to me, as was said before maybe not an elite coach but still he's good.

 

[Wheat]

very good coach, just keep him away from cell phones...

his OU resume...his teams played D and probably overachieved to an extent, but he seemed to get the most out of his players, I give him that.

Sampson became the 11th head coach at the University of Oklahoma on April 25, 1994. Sampson was named national coach of the year in 1995 (his first year at OU) by the Associated Press, United States Basketball Writers Association and Basketball Weekly after guiding the Sooners to 23–9 overall and 15–0 home marks. It was the second-best overall record posted by a first-year coach in Big 8 history.

Sampson possesses the highest winning percentage in Oklahoma history (.719). He guided OU to nine consecutive 20-win seasons. He averaged 24.4 wins over those nine campaigns. He directed the Sooners to postseason tournament berths in each of his 12 seasons (11 NCAA Tournaments), with a Sweet 16 showing in 1999, a Final Four appearance in 2002 and an Elite Eight appearance in 2003. His teams also played in the Big 12 Tournament title game on five occasions during the 10 seasons he coached in the Big 12. In 2001, 2002, and 2003 the Sooners won that tournament. Sampson finished with a Big 12 Tournament record of 17-7.

 

[TDs3nOut]

Sampson's UH team finished the season winning nine of its last eleven games, including wins at UConn and v. Cincinnati in its last two games. 22-8 on the season and 12-6 in the conference. Hope the Cougs can win the AAC Tourney and advance to the big dance. Much