Kelvin Sampson is among the greatest college basketball coaches of his generation, but at one point it seemed he might never coach college hoops again. In 2008, while working at Indiana University, he was caught violating recruitment rules and slapped with a five-year coaching ban. He spent his exile as an assistant coach in the NBA. Sampson got a shot at redemption in 2014, when the University of Houston named him head coach. It was hardly a dream job. The Cougars hadn’t been relevant since the early eighties, when the team—nicknamed Phi Slama Jama for the high-flying play of stars Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler—made it to two NCAA championship games. But by the time Sampson took the helm, the program belonged to a minor…
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