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This LINK right now will take you to stuff about Sampson. They will probably take it down soon. Ack . . . another bad pun, totally unintentional.


22 years overall - 435-248 (.637)
11 years at OU - 259-100 (.721)


Possessing the highest winning percentage in school history (.721), Oklahoma head coach Kelvin Sampson is one of college basketball's most respected leaders. Sampson, a nine-year National Association of Basketball Coaches board member who served the 2003-04 term as the organization's president, has guided OU to eight consecutive 20-win seasons. The Sooners have averaged 25.0 wins over those eight campaigns and have averaged 26.0 victories over the past six years. He has directed the Sooners to postseason tournament berths in each of his 11 seasons (10 NCAA Tournaments), with a Sweet 16 showing in 1999, a Final Four appearance in 2002 and an Elite Eight appearance in 2003. His teams have also played in the Big 12 Tournament title game five times in the past eight years.

Sampson, who holds a 435-248 (.637) career record and a 259-100 mark at Oklahoma, directed the 2004-05 Sooners to a 25-8 record and the school's first-ever Big 12 Conference regular season title with a 12-4 league record. Three of the four previous seasons were some of the most successful in school annals as OU won three Big 12 Tournament championships and seven NCAA Tournament games. The Sooners finished 27-7 in 2002-03 (No. 3 final AP ranking), 31-5 in 2001-02 (No. 3) and 26-7 in 2000-01 (No. 13). Oklahoma's No. 1 NCAA Tournament seed in 2003 was its first since 1990 and its 31 wins in 2002 tied for the second most in single-season school history. Sampson earned national coach-of-the-year honors from the NABC and CBS/Chevrolet following the 2001-02 season.

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