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Once pariahs, now winners: Final Four coaches Bruce Pearl and Kelvin Sampson a reflection of a changing game
Bruce Pearl of Auburn and Kelvin Sampson of Houston were emerging from exile. This week, they’re both coaching at the Final ...
NCAA basketball rules keep changing, but Bruce Pearl, Kelvin Sampson and others keep winning
What should be clear is that what some assumed before — some coaches only won because they broke the rules — wasn’t true.
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Kelvin Sampson Retiring Would Trigger $2 Million Succession Plan
Sampson’s contract explicitly calls for his son to replace him. The post Kelvin Sampson Retiring Would Trigger $2 Million ...
Family Ties: Steven Pearl and Kellen Sampson Supporting Their Final Four Fathers As Assistant Coaches
On the Auburn and Houston benches sit the next generation of head coaches with familiar surnames to their successful, ...
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Most Final Four appearances by coach: How Jon Scheyer, Todd Golden, Kelvin Sampson, Bruce Pearl compare in NCAA history
Todd Golden took over as the Florida head coach the same year Scheyer started at Duke. He had been the head coach at San ...
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Final Four: Auburn’s Bruce Pearl, Houston’s Kelvin Sampson reflect shifting priorities
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 ...
Doyel: Flood waters rise in Indiana as Kelvin Sampson's redemption bubbles to the surface
On Saturday, former Indiana basketball coach Kelvin Sampson led Houston past Duke in the Final Four as the water started to ...
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Bruce Pearl believes he is ‘clearly on the back nine’ of his career
Bruce Pearl recognizes there’s only so many bites at the apple left for him at Auburn. The 65-year old has the Tigers back in ...