KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- After leading the University of Houston men’s basketball program to the NCAA Tournament with 27 wins and a perfect 15-0 home record, Head Coach Kelvin Sampson was honored Wednesday as the National Association of Basketball Coaches District 25 Coach of the Year.
Earlier this month, Sampson was recognized as the American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year. With that announcement, he collected the fifth conference Coach of the Year award from the fourth different league during his career. He was previously honored as the Coach of the Year in 1995 (Big Eight, Oklahoma); 1991 (PAC-10, Washington State); 1985 (Frontier, Montana Tech) and 1984 (Frontier, Montana Tech).